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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The US Government Distributing Money to News Organizations

I really enjoy how worked up you're getting over basically logic that is so misleading. I will say for my part, I would support some sort of regulation that essentially amounts to a wealth transfer from big tech. But who decides who gets it? Right? Like that's the other thing like in Australia, all the big news organization gets it. You know, if I was a if I was as a secretary in Australia, do I get money? Who decides like likelike, Oh, well, the government decides. Okay, let's outsource it to big tech to pick and choose the winners in the market. Doesn't sound great either.

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