Independent journalism is under siege. Billionaires are buying up what’s left of the mainstream press, turning news into another tool to accumulate more wealth and power. Musk owns X, Bezos owns the Washington Post, Benioff owns Time, and Trump cronies, Larry and David Ellison, could soon own TikTok, CBS, and Warner Brothers. This is a dangerous development for the American free press and democracy. When media companies are consolidated into the hands of oligarchs who seek to curry favor with the Trump administration, our democracy is threatened. We need a truly independent and free press now more than ever.

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