97 Washington Post: "Independent media in Russia, Ukraine lose their funding with USAID freeze" (archive.is) posted 1 year ago by AntonioOfVenice 1 year ago by AntonioOfVenice +97 / -0 28 comments share 28 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The big media companies themselves invented and promoted the idea, in the early 1900s. After that it became a very useful tool of the state. The "fourth estate" and somehow people think that's a good thing.