Prof. Robin Andersen Award-Winning Author & Media Expert Fordham University: Four decades of corporate monopoly over American media can be traced to a simple shift in regulation. The FCC once required media companies to serve their communities & hold onto outlets for at least 2 years before selling. The 1996 Telecommunications Act opened the floodgates - allowing the first wave of mass consolidation, gobbling up radio stations & local media across the country. The promise at first was lower prices & a more equal playing field. Most Americans weren't paying attention to media regulation bills. And corporations were busy crafting narratives to sell deregulation to the public. The result: increasingly concentrated ownership producing increasingly narrow narratives - presented as the natural status quo. FULL INTERVIEW https://youtu.be/--t9Q1Ol3EY