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Trump Killed Journalism: Why Democracy Itself Can't Survive Without Independent Media - Thom Hartmann
CBS just paid Trump 16 Million dollars. This isn’t journalism: it’s tribute. It’s what oligarchs have done for centuries when they want to please the king.
This should shock the conscience of any functioning democracy, and has the rest of the world wondering about the health of ours. But in the GOP’s America — where billionaires are gods and corporations are people — this is just Wednesday.
Antitrust laws that were once enforced to keep our economy and our media diverse and competitive are now all but ignored.
It wasn’t always this way, as I lay out in The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream. Before Reagan took office, the federal government blocked mergers that would’ve concentrated too much economic or political power. - Aired on 07/23/2025.