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Short Takes with Robert Reich

Trump's scheme to control the media

By Robert Reich
Published May 20, 2026 at 8:32 AM PDT

Our media is controlled by just a handful of billionaires and their corporations. And Trump is making things even worse.

Here's how we stop it.

Listen above or watch below.

Trump's Scheme to Control the Media

Short Takes with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, including as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, for which Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century.
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