This is not just the result of consolidation, but a nationwide psy-op to manipulate public perception and direct talking points.  Only fact-verified information from trusted media outlets (like themselves, lol) is believable, by implication in the exampled story.  What's the answer provided to this dilemma by the social media arbiters?  Why censorship, of course.  Fake news is "dangerous to our democracy".  Right.  And what are you, exactly?  So now when a real journalist publishes a story that conflicts with the narrative the controlling entities are trying to sell, they're "fake news" and banned from SM.  But still the majority continue to use facebook and google affiliates and tune into crap like this every night.  Thanks, people.  When will you wake up and realize how you're empowering these entities to encroach upon your freedoms merely by using them?!  In the future, where truth is determined by a google-controlled a.i., maybe you'll wish you'd used duckduckgo.