the band was banned by Cumulus Media and Clear Channel Communications, which also organized pro-war demonstrations. After the Super Bowl XXXVIII wardrobe malfunction, CBS CEO Les Moonves reportedly banned Janet Jackson from all CBS and Viacom properties, including MTV, VH1, the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, and Infinity Broadcasting Corporation radio stations, impacting sales of her album Damita Jo. News Critics point out that media consolidation has allowed Sinclair Broadcast Group to require hundreds of local stations to run editorials by Boris Epshteyn (an advisor to Donald Trump), terrorism alerts, and anti-John Kerry documentary Stolen Honor, and even to force local news anchors to read an editorial mirroring Trump's denunciation of the news media for bias and fake news. See also Alternative media Big Three television networks Concentration of media ownership Fourth television network Mainstream media Major film studios Media bias Media conglomerate Media democracy Media imperialism Media manipulation Media proprietor Media transparency Monopolies of knowledge Old media Politico-media complex Propaganda model State controlled media Telecommunications Act of 1996 Western media Television in the United States References United States communications regulation