The Toyota thing was obvious propaganda, constructed just as a story was needed to boost sales from American automakers. The businessmen that run these monolit

The Toyota thing was obvious propaganda, constructed just as a story was needed to boost sales from American automakers. The businessmen that run these monolithic media corporations, for whom news is only a small part of the total holdings, need friends with political power. The politicians need someone to make them look good. It's a mutually beneficial relationship; the businessmen get a fast track to DMCA et al, the politicians get a fast track to making their choices from earlier look good (bailing out American autos, in this case).