We eliminated the fairness doctrine, and Roger Ailes swore there would never be another Watergate because he would create a media organization to prevent it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/roger-a...

This wasn't by mistake, or stumbling into it. It was a very purposeful attack on our democracy.