Zachary Karabell: Billionaires have always owned the media. Musk is no great threat
. That list is hardly comprehensive—most of the papers and platforms you likely read have similar owners, though some aren’t billionaires.
, and the fear that the current state of social media is chaotic dissemination of unfiltered content in the name of profit that imperils democracy. That fear is palpable, but here too, that doesn’t mean it’s the right diagnosis of what ails us. The late Sixties and early Seventies were tumultuous, angry, and seemingly on the brink in both the U.S.
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