> The "magic" of unregulated capitalism brought us Fox "News"
and the New York Times....
> and the economic collapse we are currently experiencing.
Nope, but that's other threads.
> Elimination of monopolies.
With one exception, the US govt hasn't broken a monopoly while it was still a monopoly. And, in that case (Standard Oil), the break up took out the low-cost-to-the-consumer supplier, resulting in increased prices....
The combination of Fox "News" the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc. left 85% of Americans believing Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11 at the time the Congress was voting on whether to invade Iraq.
That was, of course, proven to be complete and utter nonsense with evidence people like Seymour Hersh, Amy Goodman, etc. had at the time of that vote. That information was not provided to the American people by any of the major outlets of corporate-owned media.
and the New York Times....
> and the economic collapse we are currently experiencing.
Nope, but that's other threads.
> Elimination of monopolies.
With one exception, the US govt hasn't broken a monopoly while it was still a monopoly. And, in that case (Standard Oil), the break up took out the low-cost-to-the-consumer supplier, resulting in increased prices....