FCC Reform Won’t Fix a Rotten Gameboard For decades, Americans have watched their local stations, newspapers, and radio shows fade into corporate husks, swallowed by conglomerates and drained of anything resembling independent thought. Why? Because the system rewards it. Centralized power isn’t a bug of federal policy—it’s the inevitable outcome of government interventions that pretend to “level the playing field” while doing the opposite. Chairman Brendan Carr is right to point out that the 1940s-era cap on national TV ownership—limiting reach to 39% of households—is out of touch. But let’s not kid ourselves. That cap didn’t create the imbalance we see today. It was just one speed bump on a road paved with cheap credit, selective regulation, and government-licensed monopolies.…
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