| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
293 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part one: Freed speech -- "Unclaimed territory" -- "We're out here doing shit" -- "Empowered for the first time" -- "Time to make the switch" -- "I thought we were doing great reporting" -- "There's nobody like the people in this room" -- "His editorial voice will be his own" -- Part two: Devils' advocates -- "Don't go out like a sucker" -- "We don't like Nazis either...But..." -- "Playing God with everyone else's lives" -- "The 'ladder of oppression'" -- "Mind Virus" -- "LOL. pass." -- "Hard for me to change my mind" -- "The rantings of a mental patient". |
| Summary |
"Matt Taibbi used to take on the rich and powerful, but today, his reporting is crafted to please grievance-addicted American conservatives. Glenn Greenwald, whose reporting on the Snowden leaks arguably changed the course of history, has similarly taken a hard right turn. Yet these political transformations of journalists formerly associated with the left did not happen in a vacuum. The new mouthpieces of the right are paid and disseminated by an emerging "alternative" media ecosystem, funded by a cohort of billionaires whose goal is to censor critics, so these new plutocrats can pursue their businesses-and personal vendettas-entirely unimpeded. Owned is the story of the underreported collaboration between the new wealth and the new journalism. Right-wing billionaires like Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk use their wealth to fund journalists-like Taibbi and Greenwald-who exploit the failings of traditional journalism and social media. This unholy alliance has undermined the very idea of an independent and fact-based press while ostensibly standing up for principles of liberty and free speech. A biting exposé of journalist greed and tech-billionaire ambition, Owned follows the money, and offers a chilling portrait of the future social media and news landscape, empty of all critique, except for newly empowered right-wing commentators"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Journalism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Ownership -- United States.
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Rich people -- Influence.
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Journalism -- Objectivity.
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Journalism -- Political aspects
(OCoLC)fst00984078
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Mass media -- Ownership
(OCoLC)fst01011273
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Mass media (OCoLC)fst01011219
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Rich people (OCoLC)fst01097537
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Journalism -- Objectivity
(OCoLC)fst00984072
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Journalism (OCoLC)fst00984032
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Informational works.
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| Added Title |
How tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Higgins, Eoin. Owned New York, N.Y. : Bold Type Books, 2025. 9781645030461 (DLC) 2024022519 |
| ISBN |
9781645030461 (hardcover) |
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1645030466 (hardcover) |
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