Center for Economic and Policy Research 53d ago

Right-wing billionaires are buying up local TV news networks and a federal regulator is helping them do it. In this week's episode, Dean Baker and Milo Vassallo, executive director of the Media and Democracy Project, break down what media consolidation means for communities across. They dig into the Nexstar-Tegna merger, the FCC's role under Brendan Carr, the fall of local journalism, and what a coalition of state attorneys general is doing to fight back. Follow Dean Baker X: https://x.com/DeanBaker13/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social/ Follow Center for Economic and Policy Research X: https://x.com/ceprdc/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ceprdc/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CEPRDC/