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Media concentration is authoritarianism

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Matt Stoller says media concentration is authoritarianism, where a handful of giants control discourse.

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ABC’s temporary pre-emption of Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a symptom of a systemic crisis that allows a shrinking pool of media moguls to buy up ever-greater shares of the airwaves, says monopoly expert Matt Stoller. Consolidation, he warns, “is necessary in – and is authoritarianism.” Boycotts can pressure CEOs to reconsider capitulating to Trump, but the long-term solution is for lawmakers to “deconcentrate and democratize the economy.”

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