Trump’s deranged antifa tweet and OANN are the result of failed media policy

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication said the rise of news networks like OANN stems from failed U.S. media policies. “We are typically at the mercy of unregulated, profit-driven media firms with only weak public alternatives,” he said. “Most of the public interest protections we once had—such as the fairness doctrine—are long gone.”

・ From Vice