[rndmind]

Actually the government did have stringent regulations that all broadcast news corporations had to adhere to. This was called the Fairness Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

That was until 1987 the Reagan administration eliminated the Fairness Doctrine... thanks Reagan!

[tracker1]

Unfortunately, even if it were still a thing it wouldn't apply to online, print or cable news sources more than likely.

[rndmind]

Something should be drafted regarding online news sources, or perhaps classify them as websites that get > 50 million unique visitors a month... something like that