Elon Musk Buys Twitter - How Capitalism Mutilates the Notion of a "Free Press"

Elon Musk Buys Twitter - How Capitalism Mutilates the Notion of a "Free Press"

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Elon Musk, a billionaire, buying Twitter, one of the world's largest mass communications platforms. Why are billionaires so determined to control the information available to the public?

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Trump Arrests Palestine Campus Organizer, But Millions Say, “No Way”

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Trump’s War Against Students, Musk and Rubio Argue, Trump Threatens Russia Sanctions [Preview]

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