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Bernie Sanders: “They [billionaires] own the media.”

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

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Oligarchs Can "Go to Hell"

Published | Video Starts at 00:05

They do. It's not just that we have more concentration of ownership today. Handful of huge corporations controlling the economy. It's true. It's not just that They [billionaires] own the media. They do. But what's even worse than all of that is what they do is create a culture which says, we, the oligarchs, the richest people in the world, we've got all of the power, we can do anything we want, and you are powerless. (00:05–00:25)

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Asserts that billionaires have control over media outlets.

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