Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.

Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. are research scholars with the Cato Institute, a libertarian policy research institute. They are also the authors of What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism and Who Rules the Net" In the viewpoint that follows, they dismiss fears that concentration of media ownership harms American society. They argue that the state of media diversity and competition in the United States has greatly improved in recent decades due to the rise of cable and satellite television and other technological advances, and that Americans remain free to patronize or even establish new media outlets.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What do proponents of media ownership rules really want, according to Thierer and Crews?
2. How many television...