Reagan et al saw Watergate and realized that Nixon was taken down by an independent free press.
Reagan started going after the FCC as soon as he was inaugurated. Previously, there were strict limits on how many TV/radio stations one company could own. No one could own more than one TV and two radio stations in a town [one AM and one FM]. If a station had an editorial, they had to offer equal time to opposing views.
Ailes & Murdoch, with all their sociopathic rat fucking might, specifically started Fox propaganda News so they could sway public opinion and prevent another Republican president had to resign in shame or face impeachment.
Reagan et al saw Watergate and realized that Nixon was taken down by an independent free press.
Reagan started going after the FCC as soon as he was inaugurated. Previously, there were strict limits on how many TV/radio stations one company could own. No one could own more than one TV and two radio stations in a town [one AM and one FM]. If a station had an editorial, they had to offer equal time to opposing views.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ailes
Ailes & Murdoch, with all their sociopathic rat fucking might, specifically started Fox propaganda News so they could sway public opinion and prevent another Republican president had to resign in shame or face impeachment.