Archived Study links U.S. political polarization to TV news deregulation - Library of Alexandria (lofalexandria.com)
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Archived Study links U.S. political polarization to TV news deregulation - Library of Alexandria (lofalexandria.com)
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[–] Grospoliner 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Well no shit. The dereg made it possible for 6 companies to buy out the rest. Cutting out opinions from the supply is going to stymie the conversation.
[–] Broc_Lia 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
It's not deregulated though. If it were, those six companies would be facing heavy competition. There's so much regulatory capture in the broadcast media market it only barely counts as private sector.
[–] Grospoliner 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes. It is. It was deregulated in 1996. Do you not remember?
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[–] Grospoliner 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The problem stems from the Chicago School of Econ which the GOP and corporatists picked up and ran with, touting dereg and tax reductions as economic problem solvers. That's what has brought us to Citizens United and the fractional partisanship we see today. Countering that socio-politically is an insurmountable hurdle because of the fractionalization it has induced. Left and Right alike will only respond with reactionism to anything one side or the other introduces and the public will side with their party overlords.
People won't respond to obvious press releases because the polarization acts as inoculation against the introduction of opposing ideologies, in-spite of the factual nature of that information and regardless of the damaging effects it (the deregulation) has had and will have.
Can't change minds when people refuse to acknowledge the problem despite it being right in front of them.