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Disagree. Media has always centralized on key players who distribute the information, from newspapers to radio towers to broadcast TV to cable networks, all who maintained a modicum of quality.

The internet is a turn in the opposite direction which is why there has been such an explosion of misinformation and feeding of confirmation bias.

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>all who maintained a modicum of quality.

Not exactly...

"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day."

-Thomas Jefferson, 1807

Sure, but consider what Jefferson would have also said about the internet, social media, and recent elections.

The same thing?

Centralized because running a press or a radio tower is expensive. For the same reason, there were a smaller number of channels, and a more unified discourse (everyone reads the same newspaper). Now, neither of these is true. Twitter, Facebook, etc can customize the feed to every user to maximize engagement. At the same time, whatever doesn't fly politically at corporate HQ can be restricted, with as much or as little visibility as they choose.

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