More decisions by rich and powerful corporations, which protect other rich and powerful corporations. Ms. magazine, Mother Jones, etc. Pentagon has 3,000 media specialists. Briefings tell press what the story is. Set the agenda.
Chains send out stories, editorials to all papers.
For foreign coverage, one story goes to all papers. If nobody cares about a problem in a democracy, nothing is done to fix the problem. If profits control the news, the news is diminished. Newspaper readership down, circulation is steady. Since 1967, percentage of people between ages of 18 and 29 who say they read a newspaper every day has declined from 60 percent to less than 30 percent.