Hello,
just googled a bit, most of the mainstream media outlets are owned by large energy conglomerates, or real estate investors:
NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC are owned by General Electric.
CBS is owned by Westinghouse.
Fox News is owned in part by the Saudi Holding Company (oops).
The L.A. Times is owned by billionaire real-estate mogul Sam Zell.
Not astonishing which kind of reality is sold to the people .. :hmm:
And no, it's not really better in Germany 
Greetings,
Catfish