The Repealed Law That Broke The American Media:
The repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and the rise of profit-driven media polarization in America
An FCC policy, known as the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ once required broadcasters to present balanced viewpoints on controversial issues, but its 1987 repeal paved the way for the rise of ideological programming and figures like Rush Limbaugh and networks such as Fox News and MSNBC to capitalize on this deregulation to prioritize audience engagement through outrage and identity politics. Linked video goes into detail
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Sure, and let's get money out of politics, solve hunger, social housing and healthcare, and have world peace while we're at it.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of obvious things that we know would make things better, but absolutely won't ever do.