the history channel on e.s.p.n. viacom the parent company of m.t.v. paramount nickelodeon c.b.s. owner of the c.w. and showtime or news corp which owns fox news new york post and the wall street journal and finally time warner parent company of c.n.n. h.b.o. and warner brothers together these six companies control ninety percent of all media in america just for comparison consider that in one thousand nine hundred three that same ninety percent of the media was controlled by fifteen companies for their more corn in the website frugal dad just two hundred thirty two media executives are responsible for providing information to two hundred seventy seven million americans yes that's one media exec for every eighty eight hundred fifty thousand people not to mention that many of these same exacts also sit on corporate boards of every company from one santow to general dynamics so it's no surprise that this type of system results in egregious conflicts of interests such as when sixty minutes aired a false report on the bengazi embassy attack in order to promote a book on the subject by