[aaronlifshin]

Some media reform and education reform can be imagined that would help with this problem. However, no such reform can actually be enacted while our lawmakers are dependent on their funders instead of common sense or the wishes of the people.

[InclinedPlane]

I think that sentiment stems from the idea that law shapes society rather than society shaping the law. The reason the media is the way it is today has more to do with societal and cultural norms than with the law. It can, and should, be changed not through laws but through society.