# kaal:claim:3782217-022

**Claim.** American faith in media has fallen in direct correlation with the consolidation of broadcasting power for as long as active statistics have been studied.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- United States
- period for which statistics exist

**Source quote.**

> American faith in media has reliably fallen in direct correlation with the consolidation of broadcasting power, as long as active statistics have been studied.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), News and education, page 8

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `358779557d8e7dcd101720ca0fad90b9146d24f1c7c03909eb431fcf1fb7e103` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20The%20Importance%20of%20History%20In%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** reputation, empirical-evidence

**Keywords.** media-trust, consolidation, deregulation, fcc, empirical-data

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