Picture this: An ocean full of small fish, all competing at the same level. All of a sudden a larger fish swallows up a few of the smaller fish for lunch. And to the surprise and dismay of the first large fish, an even larger second fish swallows it whole. This process repeats itself again and again, in the shape of an upward spiral.

Media corporations are now exactly like that ocean of fish. But instead of an ocean full of many competing fish, there are now only five powerful ones. With these five "big fish" of media corporations, the communication of truth may be thrown off balance.

The conglomeration of media corporations and other companies is a deadly mix of tainted information just waiting to escape. Sometimes there are just some companies that shouldn't merge, some fish that shouldn't be gobbled up, and should be left alone for the good of the public. If these fish are not left alone, they might have the same end as Disney's oil soaked little mermaid.

Scenario: A crude oil tanker crashes into a port off the coast of Africa. The oil spills into the water, killing millions of animals, land and sea alike. These sea animals are vital to the ecology of the world, but nothing can be done to save them now. If it just so happens that ABC reporters are the first and only ones to find out about this catastrophe, nobody will ever know it happened in the first place. If ABC willed it so, they could cover up the evidence as best they could. These high efforts to cover up an oil spill would be since Disney owns both ABC a

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