Are Google and Facebook the new monopolies?

Google and Facebook are the new railroads. And the media is a powerless farmer trying to get his vegetables to town.

Facebook and Google rule the internet.
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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.