You enjoy the diversity and variety of news you consume everyday, no? It's called an illusion of choice. Here's a look at who owns what on television. Do your research if you want to verify those claims - here's some resources on this nexus: an interactive chart from the FreePress, a listing by the Columbia Journalism Review, and from the Business Insider.
When the likes of History Channel runs "educative" programmes on "history", remember the money behind that programme, & what it wants you to see, hear, read & think every day. Just for history's sake, Walt Disney, that much loved animation & entertainment guy, made propaganda films for every branch of the US military & government during World War II like this one called "Education for Death"
