"A small cartel of billionaires and conglomerates dominates the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of mergers and acquisitions, they’ve concentrated their control over much of what Americans see, read and hear. Free Press rates the independence of each of these giants and analyzes their ability to defend democracy at a time of domestic and international authoritarianism."

~ Free Press

#media #authoritarianism #democracy #Trump
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https://www.freepress.net/who-owns-media

Who Owns the Media

Who owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? Learn how these giants came to dominate the U.S. media landscape through mergers, acquisition and manipulation. Free Press rates their ability to defend democracy during a time of authoritarianism.

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I would've liked to see Free Press rate The Free Press, but I guess we're lucky the latter is not powerful enough.