I read the article to get a fresh, perhaps new, perspective into my own thinking about this problem, to which Im sure, everyone has an opinion or two. The main

I read the article to get a fresh, perhaps new, perspective into my own thinking about this problem, to which Im sure, everyone has an opinion or two. The main point can be summarized as "Modern media are too much consolidated in too few hands, and we do not know how break it apart. Lets wish for some, as of yet unclear, political + technological solution". As usually this is a fundamentally multilayered problem, and there is no point of superficially touching individual "layers" much less discussing their cross-correlations in a comment like this. However, from the historical perspective (see W. Bernstein: Masters of the word), it was usually serendipitous technological advancements (applied in the context of the relevant socio-political challenges) which allowed the monopolistic strongholds on information (i.e. power/money flow). On the other hand, today it seems it is not the scarcity of information that is the barrier here. The general overarching principle remain though, the struggle against monopolistic power hungry and consolidating elites. Here no implication for class struggle is to be understood (for it does not matter which class holds the reign), it is rather the idea to always keep check and strife for openness to tackle inherent corruption in our systems. Truth is a process...