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*** Bought off: several newspaper and radio stations are bribed into siding with the robber baron. Others are simply taken over with money and then shut down. |
*** Bought off: several newspaper and radio stations are bribed into siding with the robber baron. Others are simply taken over with money and then shut down. |
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*** Beat up: adult protesters are met with fire hoses and the Boy Rangers are assaulted. |
*** Beat up: adult protesters are met with fire hoses and the Boy Rangers are assaulted. |
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* ''[[A Face in the Crowd]]'': Type 1, 2, 3, 4. Rhodes's behavior is ignored or encouraged by his backers. |
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* [[The First Men in the Moon]]: The media are type 4. Once the first reporter attempts to interview a United Nations official, the message spreads and soon dozens of reporters are present. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171015220211/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Men_in_the_Moon_%281964_film%29] |
* [[The First Men in the Moon]]: The media are type 4. Once the first reporter attempts to interview a United Nations official, the message spreads and soon dozens of reporters are present. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171015220211/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Men_in_the_Moon_%281964_film%29] |
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* UBS in ''[[Network]]'' is Type 4, dissolving its news division and rolling it into its entertainment division after Howard Beale's rants become a hit. Later, {{spoiler|they cross over into Type 1 when they silence Beale after he delivers an angry rant protesting UBS' merger with a Saudi Arabian conglomerate. They then have him killed due to his show's ratings plummeting as a result of his muzzling}}. |
* UBS in ''[[Network]]'' is Type 4, dissolving its news division and rolling it into its entertainment division after Howard Beale's rants become a hit. Later, {{spoiler|they cross over into Type 1 when they silence Beale after he delivers an angry rant protesting UBS' merger with a Saudi Arabian conglomerate. They then have him killed due to his show's ratings plummeting as a result of his muzzling}}. |
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