Weapons of Mass Distraction: Disney"s Potential 21st Century Fox Merger Continues Troubling Trend of Media Consolidation

In the US, only a handful of media companies control what children and adults watch and read. Now that number could get even smaller. The proposed $52.4 billion merger of Disney and 21st Century Fox would combine the first and third largest film companies in the world, creating a media monopoly that could be as powerful as a state actor on the world stage.