How Tech Billionaires Musk & Thiel Buy & Control The Media

from The John Johnston Lounge · host John Johnston

The Art of Value host JJ reacts to and discusses a recent The Nerd Reich interview with journalists Gil Duran and Eoin Higgins, which is about how far-right tech billionaires, including Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, are attempting to buy and control parts of the media.Related episode:The Rise of ‘Broligarch’ Tech Fascism https://youtu.be/XJSMt_7p9zcReferenced video:Mavericks to Mouthpieces: How Tech Billionaires Like Elon Musk Broke Journalism (w/ Eoin Higgins) | The Nerd Reich https://youtu.be/9liGlr4xTpwReferenced book: Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left by Eoin Higgins (referral link): https://amzn.to/3Z4Pmw9

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