Local U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing Propaganda

Just a quick programming note: my 90-year-old father passed away over the weekend, so posts will be less frequent and more sporadic over the next month. I appreciate your understanding and continued readership. Last week Republicans took the final steps toward destroying what's left of U.S. media consolidation laws. It didn't warrant much attention by the press; in part because corporate consolidation has been deadly for U.S. journalism already. Republicans and their media arm(s) have two unsubtle goals: massive consolidation among right wing local broadcast companies, and the befuddlement of the U.S. electorate by way of propaganda pretending to be useful local TV news. The Trump administration has been taking specific aim at the National Television Ownership Rule, which is supposed to prevent a single broadcast station owner from reaching more than 39 percent of all TV households in the U.S.They're doing this to the benefit of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna, who combined own more…