The media monopoly and the political party duopoly go hand in hand. One of the main purposes of mainstream media is to narrow the range of choices and still make it sound we have real political options. The MSM won't talk about how the Dems and GOP collude to keep other parties off the ballot. We're rightly worried about electronic voting machines stealing elections, yet election fraud happens long before we vote, as the media report as if only Ds and Rs matter and don't give other parties enough press to enable them to get ballot access. So the voters are cheated out of real choices.