> Those 'intermediate' media companies can be purchased. They can, yes. But we know who purchases them, and can make educated guesses towards the intent behind

> Those 'intermediate' media companies can be purchased. They can, yes. But we know who purchases them, and can make educated guesses towards the intent behind buying such a thing. For instance, the mass purchase by Sinclair of local TV stations in the US. We couldn't stop that from happening, but it meant that when there was a sharp shift in the news coverage those channels provided, we knew why. > I'd argue that both Fox News & MS NBC are biased to the point of being useless for informational purposes and objective thought. I'm not going to argue with that- like I said, the current system isn't perfect. But the likes of the NYT, BBC, WaPo, WSJ etc. do issue corrections on stories, and are held accountable, broadly, by each other and the public at large, because what they publish is public and known. By contrast, the new world we find ourselves in where posts can be advertised to specific audiences isn't public - not really - so there can't be any accountability at all.