Media Concentration and Democracy : Why Ownership Matters

Preface xi Introduction 1 1 Democracy at the Crossroads: Why Ownership Matters 5 2 Not a Real Problem: Many Owners, Many Sources 54 3 Not a Real Problem: The Market or the Internet Will Provide 88 4 The First Amendment Guarantee of a Free Press: An Objection to Regulation? 124 5 Solutions and Responses 163 Postscript: Policy Opportunism 190 Notes 203 Index 249