![A protest in San Diego in May 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mexican%20protest%20SB6.jpg?itok=2a9iL3b5)
![Donald Trump during an interview at Mesa Gateway Airport.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Trump%20Airport%20interview%201.jpg?itok=scOLXEek)
![Two of the most infamous examples of 'yellow journalism.'](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/newspapers%204_0.jpg?itok=SDDazgYp)
Two of the most infamous examples of “yellow journalism,” Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World (left) and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal (right) competed for sales by sensationalizing conditions in Cuba in the lead up to the Spanish-American War in 1898.
![Early media logos for the National Broadcasting Corporation, the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation, Mutual Broadcasting System, and American Broadcasting Corporation.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4%20logos%207_0.jpg?itok=KEkg393x)
The National Broadcasting Corporation’s first logo in 1943 (top left). The Columbia Broadcasting Corporation logo from 1927 to 1931 (top right). Mutual Broadcasting System’s 1934 logo (bottom left). American Broadcasting Corporation logo from 1964 (bottom right).
![James Lawrence Fly and and FCC commissioners.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Fly%2010.jpg?itok=Wu3KG-Vz)
![Senator Joseph McCarthy questioning attorney Joseph Welch.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/McCarthy%2012.jpg?itok=HmJ4w26Y)
![Graph showing the deregulation of media companies in the 1980s and 1990s.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/graph%2017.jpg?itok=6ma5K0uH)
![Sarah Palin endorsing Donald Trump in January 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Palin%2019.jpg?itok=kuyqWS8b)
![The second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Debate%2020.jpg?itok=p3P7jEiE)
The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton set a new record for debate viewership. The second debate (above) had fewer viewers but high ratings nevertheless.
![Graffiti on Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mute%2021.jpg?itok=Fik1MVXi)
![The logos of the 'Big Six': the Comcast Corporation logo, the Walt Disney Company logo, the Time Warner Incorporated logo, the 21st Century Fox logo, the CBS Corporation logo, the Viacom logo.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Big%206.jpg?itok=fFsl3XJQ)
Known as the “Big Six,” these media conglomerates control 90% of the news media in the United States. On the left from top to bottom, the Comcast Corporation logo, the Walt Disney Company logo, and Time Warner Incorporated logo. On the right from top to bottom, the 21st Century Fox logo, the CBS Corporation logo, and the Viacom logo.
![Protesters outside the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/protest%2023.1.jpg?itok=Y4qx5Vkw)