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Bernie Sanders: “Six large media conglomerates control about 90% of what the…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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… are thinking about, what we consider to be important or unimportant what we focus on or what we don't focus on. It is not an accident today that in America Six large media conglomerates control about 90% of what the American people see, hear and read. As I think many of you know. I want you to think about this for a moment. Why is it richest guy on earth, Mr. Musk owns Twitter, now called X? (09:42–09:52)

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Asserts that six media conglomerates control 90% of U.S. media consumption.

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