When billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Laurene Powell-Jobs procure major media outlets, we should be paying closer attention, especially in the wake of an election that hinged on media coverage.
The order by the Justice Department is a flagrant abuse of government authority and a clear violation of free speech.
Simon Dawes works as an editorial assistant for the journals Theory, Culture & Society and Body & Society and has taught at Derby University, the University of Leicester and Nottingham Trent University in the UK. He is currently researching theories of privacy and the public sphere in the contexts of broadcasting and press regulation.
