# Billionaires, CEOs, "corporations", and capitalism- Are things really different, or is it propaganda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 22, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billionaires-ceos-corporations-and-capitalism-are-things-really-different-or-is-it-propaganda/1034073 "2026-10-22T18:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 303
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billionaires-ceos-corporations-and-capitalism-are-things-really-different-or-is-it-propaganda/1034073/303 "2026-11-06T15:34:46Z")
Yet another relatively minor, but still significant and symbolic, casualty of the billionaires’ and corporations’ war on independent media (aside from their war on the environment, war on the working class, war on regulations, war on taxes, etc.): > [@Salon Shutting Down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-shutting-down/1034551): > > [Salon shuttered its doors.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/11/6/800123579/daily-kos/salon-shuttered-its-doors-daily-kos-isnt-immune/ "It was a gut-punch reading “Goodbye from Salon,” a post announcing that the long-running web pioneer is ceasing publication.") It was a gut-punch reading “[Goodbye from Salon](https://www.salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye-from-salon/),” a post announcing that the long-running web pioneer is ceasing publication. “The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years,” they wrote. “After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.” That’s 31 years of new… Any billionaire could keep Salon running for relative peanuts. It wouldn’t impact their bottom line one iota. But what do billionaires do when they acquire media they actually want to keep running? See Bezos and the Washington Post – they turn them into propaganda outlets. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billionaires-ceos-corporations-and-capitalism-are-things-really-different-or-is-it-propaganda/1034073)._