“All three have their own broadcast stations in various markets, they should be shut down immediately...” No offense meant, but attempting to silence the opposition is right out of the liberal playbook. If the opposition cant be silenced, then destroy them.
Just as Air America collapsed under its lack of viewers and bs programming, as MSNBC is doing now, these networks will fade away too.
Ironically, the only reason networks exist is government regulations. Back in the early days of radio, it was technically feasible for a single station to cover the entire country with its antenna pattern. Each station could have been heard coast-to-coast, border-to-border. However, the then-Federal Radio Commission (forerunner of the FCC) decided, in its wisdom, that radio would replace newspapers, therefore each station should serve its locality, like newspapers did, instead of covering the nation. Regulations scattered stations throughout the country on the same frequency, and limited power to avoid interference.
Well, how do you fill all those transmitter hours with programming? The answer was, set up a studio on New York, have some kind of performance there, and transmit it to stations across the country via telephone lines. The stations would rebroadcast this programming for their locality. The stations signing up for a particular menu of programming became a "network." When TV came along, this model was replicated, using coaxial cable and waveguides instead of telephone lines.
So we ended up with lots of stations, each broadcasting the same thing at the same time, instead of a few stations, each broadcasting something different but nationwide. Just one more example of the arrogance of government planners.