After Watergate Americans learned that a free press could bring down a tyrannical government. So the Right got to work destroying the free press.
Reagan went after the Fairness Doctrine and made it easier for one company to own all the TV and radio stations in a town. The new tech helped destroy the local newspapers.
Drag yourself to the local store that sells chairs etc.
What is comfortable for one person is torture for another. Somethings have to be purchased hands on.