In 1998, Saturday Nigh Live Aired a skit once. It was pretty much immediately banned from television.
Why?
Because it pointed out the dangers of too much influence and control of media by billionaires and corporate interests. It actually pointed out some factual information in the process as evidence of these unreported dangers.
So yeah, of course it got quickly banned and was figuratively swept under the corporate rug.
Earlier this week, Robert Reich watched this and commented on it. He found it interesting that they mentioned "corporate welfare," and remembered how he himself got into trouble a few years earlier, in 1994, for using that term.
Some interesting stuff. It might just open your eyes to some of the dangers which our society faces these days, and why things are so bad. This was already a problem back in 1998, which is the better part of thirty years ago. But Reich points out that it is even worse today, as even fewer corporations control 90% of the media in the United States today.
Take a look at this funny (yet not really so funny) video clip, with the full, unaltered version of this skit below that:
Can We Trust Billionaire Controlled media? :Robert Reich Reacts: Banned SNL Sketch About Media Control
https://youtube.com/shorts/ADy64by4aRY?si=MHnVhTvdOHHdKDDB
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