We like to think the internet has given rise to independent or alternative media outlets, but in fact, the last decade has seen the largest wholesale consolidation of the media industry. William Randolph Hearst is small time compared to today's media oligarchs, where only six companies own 90% of everything you read, watch or listen to... Through Television, Movies, Radio, Music and Newspapers, GE, NewCorp, Disney, Viacom, TimeWarner and CBS don't necessarily have a particularly nefarious agenda (other than to simply make more $), but have unprecedented influence over taste and culture.
via frugaldad.com
