While researching Al Capone’s criminal enterprise in Chicago during prohibition for my book “Killing the Mob,” we came across evidence of bribes paid to newspaper reporters in the Windy City. Capone shrewdly corrupted the local press to portray him as a man of the people who supported a myriad of charities.  In truth, the mobster was a psychopath who’s brutal behavior set a template for the mob to this day.

The American press has always had elements of corruption within it.  But today standards of honest reporting have collapsed not because of bribery, but due to other financial considerations.

The national media is owned by a few massive corporations: Disney, Comcast, Viacom, Newscorp and AT&T on the broadcast side.  The Sulzberger family and Jeff Bezos control The New York Times and The Washington Post respectively.  A board of largely liberal business people run the Associated Press.

During the four years that President Trump was in office, the reportage on him was more than 90 percent negative despite a strong economy, the rapid development of a Covid vaccine, and complete energy independence for the USA.

It was obvious the fix was in - the coverage constantly spun negative and some of it like “Russian Collusion” was flat out false.  The media corporations, in general, despised Donald Trump and made serious money doing so.

Today we have a different side to media corruption - the protection of Joe Biden. Because the national press backed him to an absurd degree in the election, they are now in his pocket as he proceeds to run the country.

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