Muted: The Global Cost of Deregulated Media

Murdoch may be the posterchild, but media conglomeration and deregulation are international

Once upon a time, the world looked to the United States as the gold standard of press freedom, a nation where truth was protected, journalists could challenge power without fear, and media served the public good rather than political factions. The First Amendment wasn’t just a legal doctrine. It was a global ideal.

But now, in 2025, that ideal has fractu…