No, it hasn't always been this way. The "legacy news media" itself hasn't always been this way: 40 years ago, 50 or so companies controlled 90% of American medi

No, it hasn't always been this way. The "legacy news media" itself hasn't always been this way: 40 years ago, 50 or so companies controlled 90% of American media. Now, 6 companies control 90% of American media. "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy," just like all the newscasters simultaneously say on all the different channels at once. [0] It's always been the case that Power tends to do whatever it wants, but Power is usually polite to other Powerful entities. When enough of them are at the same table, they tend to keep their elbows tucked in, but when it's too centralized people start talking about lebensraum. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZggCipbiHwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZggCipbiHwE