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Outbidding the Billionaires: Free the Press, Buy the Trib!

Outbidding the Billionaires: Free the Press, Buy the Trib!
Mon, 5/20/2013 - by The Other 98%
This article originally appeared on The Other 98%

Right-wing billionaires, including media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the climate-denying industrialists Charles and David Koch, are threatening to buy the Tribune Company, which publishes the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore Sun.

Enough. It's time for the public to buy the Tribune Company — and to free the press that belongs to the people.

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