Minnesota lawmakers are supporting a strike on Jan. 23, urging people to skip work, stay home from school and not go shopping for the day. More on why they support the strike here:
  • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOP
    72·
    13 days ago

    For those of you who are from outside the US, this is a Fox affiliate, which is a pretty conservative news source, but less conservative than Fox News proper, since it’s for the MSP area specifically. Still an indicator that we’re likely to see very good participation.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
      10·
      13 days ago

      KMSP is owned by Fox Television Stations, LLC.

      So it is operated by Fox directly, as opposed to explicitly hard conservative groups like Sinclair or Nexstar.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      214·
      13 days ago

      this is a Fox affiliate, which is a pretty conservative news source, but less conservative than Fox News proper,

      That’s not really how it works…

      If it was an affiliate someone like Sinclair owns it and operates under Fox, like a franchise.

      Fox still owns this one, so the Murdocha control it directly. But the level of influence exerted varies.

      • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOP
        20·
        13 days ago

        Feel free to elaborate further here; I was just going for a quick one-line summary. The finer points of American media ownership are truly Lovecraftian.

        • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          13 days ago

          It’s one company masquerading as several. It’s an as close to an absolute monopoly as you could get. It might even beat out Nestle or Pepsi co

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          110·
          13 days ago

          Feel free to elaborate further here

          There’s not really anything else, or I’d probably have said it already…

          Just weird to have someone ask me if they have any more questions. Like, if you want to learn about stuff, asking questions is a pretty important part of the proces