Owned : how tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left / Eoin Higgins.
| Author/creator | Higgins, Eoin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, N.Y. : Bold Type Books, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 293 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How tech billionaires on the right bought the loudest voices on the left |
| Contents | 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" -- Epilogue: "This is what they've made their legacy" |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Higgins, Eoin. Owned New York, N.Y. : Bold Type Books, 2025. 9781645030461 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| LCCN | 2024022518 |
| ISBN | 9781645030461 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1645030466 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN4867.2 .H54 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |