The difference between now and say 30 years ago is many media companies were independently owned, now, like food in supermarkets, there are a few conglomerates

The difference between now and say 30 years ago is many media companies were independently owned, now, like food in supermarkets, there are a few conglomerates that own all the media companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate If you go to the local level, John Oliver did a segment on Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns a bunch of local news stations and pushes political propaganda to them. http://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/john-oliver-local-news-conservative-corporate-owner-sinclair-broadcast-group-watch-1201850391/ http://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/john-oliver-local-news-cons... The point being is you have all our media digestible content, particularly news, controlled by a handful of corporations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group Sinclair, the one Oliver mentions, covers 40% of US households and is only the second largest next to Nexstar.