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

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders in Minnesota: "They have the money, but we have the people"

Published | Video Starts at 07:48

Got that. That's called concentration of ownership. That's called economic power. And when we talk about the massive ownership, concentration of ownership in the United states, understand that Six large media conglomerates now control about 90% of what the American people see, hear and read. And that is enormously important. And it is not what Trump calls fake news. That reporters lie all the time, that is not it. Most reporters do not lie. (07:48–08:00)

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