6 Companies Run The Media

         

        There are six corporations that run 90% of American media. There is GE, CBS, Viacom, Time Warner, Disney, and News-Corp. These corporations own the most properties in television, News, radio, and films. In 1983, 50 companies owned 90% of American media. These companies have created a type of monopoly in the media. 

There is an illusion these companies cast over us. There are many different media outlets so we think we get a lot of choices. In actuality, among these six companies there are only around 50 men and women who make the decisions of what we all see in the media. If we see past the illusion we realize we are most likely not given all the information out there or they are changing what is shown so we perceive that differently. 

These companies are able to warp the way society sees reality. All this power that they have did not happen over night. There were business men and women who made deals and set up mergers to gain this power. 

By: Jordan Liddle

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