Following passage of the Telecoms Act of 1996, US media began to centralize to the point where, today, fully 95% of broadcast, print, internet, video, and advertising media are controlled by six conglomerates: Viacom, Comcast, Disney, CBS, Newscorp, and Time Warner.
From wiki, “ The primary goal of the law was to "let anyone enter any communications business – to let any communications business compete. Thus, the statute is often described as an attempt to deregulate broadcasting markets due to technological convergence. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has been praised for incentivizing the expansion of networks and the offering of new services across the United States, though it is often criticized for enabling market concentration in the media and telecommunications industries.”
Repeal the Telecommunications Act that led to this market monopoly, and trust bust the existing conglomerates. If a well-informed populace is crucial for democracy, the nation must have decentralized, open media.