The U.S. Media Succumbs to the Pro-Trump Oligarchy

TV broadcasters, social media platforms, newspapers: More and more American media outlets are coming under the control of billionaires who are firmly in the Trump orbit. Observers are concerned.

Oracle founder Larry Ellison and his son David control the U.S. operations of TikTok, the television broadcaster CBS and, soon, CNN. (Photo: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

By Claus Hecking in Boston

If there is one trademark associated with U.S. President Donald Trump beyond the omnipresent red MAGA ballcaps, it has to be his penchant for sprinkling his social media posts with WORDS written randomly in ALL-CAPS.