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Kristin Lyerly: “Newspapers, radio, TV, everything's being bought up by…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Flipping the Script: Pat Kreitlow Takes the Hot Seat

Published | Video Starts at 23:02

This is the media part of this conversation that we all need to have, because what the heck is happening with media right now? You are one of a handful of voices keeping local rural media alive in Wisconsin. Newspapers, radio, TV, everything's being bought up by conglomerates, which means that they're pushing out these messages that they want. but we're not getting the information that we need on the ground, the stuff that really matters, like the local sports and what's happening in our city councils. (23:02–23:10)

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Asserts that media outlets are being acquired by conglomerates, influencing the messages they disseminate.

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