Isn't it sort of an Insult to America that there are only about 4 news companies that control 90% of the news?

Question

When my Dad was a kid there WERE MANY news companies that had their share of the market but not now.There are about 4 that control 90% of the news market. It's CBS-Owned by general electric MSNBC-Microsoft Fox-news corporation-rupport Murdock CNN-owned by time Warner. Here we have it America's think tank how free I feel. Bellow are pics of the CEO's of these companies so they control to a large degree what's on the news and you though that American people were free thinking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Immelt

http://static.flickr.com/111/292353427_da2b7ac71a.jpg

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/01/PM_Murdoch_narrowweb__300x351,0.jpg

Answer 1

That is free Enterprise.

Answer 2

Mergers are the American way...

Answer 3

And their all driven by ratings. The only way to get the important news is tO listen to NPR, BBC or DemocracyNow!

Answer 4

and to think that three of the four are owned and run by liberals.

Answer 5

When your dad was a kid, there wasn't the Internet. Internet has changed news entirely.....cable news is just one aspect of the dozens of media outlets that are readily available.