03870cam a2200517 i 4500 23714359 BJBSDDR 20260115152434.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 240531s2025 nyu rb 001 0 eng 2024022518 9781645030461 (hardcover) 1645030466 (hardcover) 9781645030485 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- PN 4867.2 H636o 2025 071/.3 Higgins, Eoin 45642 Owned : how tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left / Eoin Higgins. First edition. New York, N.Y. : Bold Type Books, 2025. 293 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index. Part one: Freed speech -- "Unclaimed territory" -- "We're out here doing shit" -- "Empowered for the first time" -- "Time to make the switch" -- "I thought we were doing great reporting" -- "There's nobody like the people in this room" -- "His editorial voice will be his own" -- Part two: Devils' advocates -- "Don't go out like a sucker" -- "We don't like Nazis either...But..." -- "Playing God with everyone else's lives" -- "The 'ladder of oppression'" -- "Mind Virus" -- "LOL. pass." -- "Hard for me to change my mind" -- "Exposed as frauds". "Matt Taibbi used to take on the rich and powerful, but today, his reporting is crafted to please grievance-addicted American conservatives. Glenn Greenwald, whose reporting on the Snowden leaks arguably changed the course of history, has similarly taken a hard right turn. Yet these political transformations of journalists formerly associated with the left did not happen in a vacuum. The new mouthpieces of the right are paid and disseminated by an emerging "alternative" media ecosystem, funded by a cohort of billionaires whose goal is to censor critics, so these new plutocrats can pursue their businesses-and personal vendettas-entirely unimpeded. Owned is the story of the underreported collaboration between the new wealth and the new journalism. Right-wing billionaires like Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk use their wealth to fund journalists-like Taibbi and Greenwald-who exploit the failings of traditional journalism and social media. This unholy alliance has undermined the very idea of an independent and fact-based press while ostensibly standing up for principles of liberty and free speech. A biting exposé of journalist greed and tech-billionaire ambition, Owned follows the money, and offers a chilling portrait of the future social media and news landscape, empty of all critique, except for newly empowered right-wing commentators"-- Provided by publisher. Journalism United States History 21st century. Periodismo Historia Estados Unidos Siglo XXI 6514 Journalism Political aspects United States. Periodismo Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos 1383 Mass media Ownership United States. Rich people Influence. Journalism Objectivity. Periodismo Objetividad 7667 Online version: Higgins, Eoin (Journalist) Owned New York : Bold Type Books, 2025. 9781645030461 (DLC) 2024022519 0 vip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 125716 125716 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-10-31 0 PN 4867.2 H636o 2025 00000196705 2025-10-31 23:19:00 1 2025-10-31 BK