The American media landscape began its real decline in the eighties, under Ronald Reagan’s republican presidency. At the time, the Federal Communications Commission - the FCC - was supposed to defend the interests of the public over those of the market economy.

But through the republican and democratic administrations of the last 25 years, the FCC, through its reforms, has mostly created the consolidation and concentration of the American media landscape. This concentration now amounts to fewer than ten companies such as Disney, General Electric, News Corporation, Time Warner, Viacom, among a few others. These media conglomerates dominate the movie, television, radio, music, publishing industries and soon the Internet. This coalition shapes a large portion of what Americans watch, listen to and read, whether locally or nationally.

It contributes to creating a single thought and aims to achieve the complete integration of the American public into a culture of commerce, consumerism and profit. Progressively and naturally, these companies have renounced their roles as guardians of the balance of power, and have started advocating a type of journalism based on sensationalism, speculation, and patriotism over fair and honest information and investigation.