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Ron Johnson: “We have our own media oligarchs here. We call them big tech…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 17:46

And a big problem is corruption. But they also always complain about the, the media oligarchs, you know, like, that's unique to Eastern Europe. I kept pointing out to my colleagues, you know, We have our own media oligarchs here. We call them big tech billionaires. So no, the concentration of power now is terms of information. Again, they're leftists. They're not conservative, they're leftists. Watch the documentaries. The creepy line. (17:46–17:51)

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Asserts that big tech billionaires are media oligarchs in the U.S.

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