re: #467 Obdicut

The only other person who might be able to turn that trick is Carlos Slim, but he was dealing with the NY Times. Slim is a Mexican billionaire, and bought a major share of the Times for a song, but the Times isn’t in the same ballpark or league as Fox, despite the Times’ longstanding reputation for setting political agendas and political debate. It’s not even in the same sport. Ted Turner could have done so if he wanted as the owner of CNN, and for a time he was moving in that direction but hasn’t done so.

Now, if Slim bought up one of the major networks and started consolidating his holdings and pushing his own agenda, that’s a different story.

The other networks are generally owned by corporations that hope to profit from their tv operations.