Not at all. Then, and even until late 1970s, regulations prevented corporations from buying up local small media. Any local group could have their own radio, le

Not at all. Then, and even until late 1970s, regulations prevented corporations from buying up local small media. Any local group could have their own radio, leave aside their own tv until 1970s. Now that the regulations have been removed, all of them have been bought up. So much that when the network owner starts running a story, the same story is run with the exact same script in all state, local networks. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/598916366/sinclair-broadcast-group-forces-nearly-200-station-anchors-to-read-same-script https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/598916366/sinclair-broadcast-...