The underlying problem is that most American media has become consolidated under the control of a small number of sprawling multinational corporations that pursue ratings and revenues but also stifle coverage of anything which might harm the corporate bottom line in sectors outside the media industry itself.  Look at the "coverage" the TPP got from the media before it became such a hot button issue in the election that it could not be ignored -- none of the alleged "news" outlets did any real investigative reporting on it, and most barely covered it at all.  Even "leftist" MSNBC was blandly on board, except for Ed Schultz who got fired for his negative reporting of the TPP because Comcast, owners of MSNBC, favored TPP.