The "Media Bias" Dead End

Once upon a time, there existed a United States of tightly concentrated media power. Three national television networks, three national newsmagazines, at most two newspapers in each major city, with the New York Times setting the agenda for them all: that's the way it was. The people who staffed these media companies shared some deep unexamined prejudices about what was news and what was not news. They shared some common political views too: in favor of civil rights, in favor of a strong...