Sed Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

Rumours regarding lobbyists pressuring media CEOs to slant their coverage in a certain direction - or outright arm twisting to "change the narrative" of their coverage - have been swirling for a few months now, but predictably get zilch in the way of coverage. If anyone saw Joe Scarborough on Bill Maher this weekend, you are probably as disturbed as I am by some of his comments regarding these practices at NBC. I am stumped about how this problem should be addressed - I suppose it goes back to the news departments at the networks transitioning from public service to for profit entities in the late 70s and early 80's. Maybe there is no solution as long as we are still capitalists. As Bruno Gianelli from The West Wing liked saying, "Money in politics is like water on concrete. It finds every crack." Money ain't going anywhere anytime soon. But there should be some transparency here. Who are these groups providing the pressure? What sort of oversight exists for these networks besides businessmen and shareholders? What is keeping us from requiring all machinations in a network newsroom, from inter-office memoranda to strategy meetings and personnel decisions, from being public upon threat of legal action? It seems to me this is a situation where the Freedom of Information Act should cut both ways. . . I invite any answers any readers could provide. This has disturbed me to the point of some research. I will report back. "Who Watches the Watchmen?"