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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago

Ronald Reagan was deregulating the media from Inauguration Day 1981.

There used to be a thing called 'The Fairness Doctrine' that required stations to give time to opposing viewpoints if they ran an editorial. There were restrictions on how many TV/radio stations one entity could own.

Just look at children's TV. Once Reagan came in you started seeing half hour long commercials for GI Joe and The Transformers.