Who Controls the Story? The Black Media Infrastructure of America

CTL Reference Sheet · Version 1.0 · Published 2026-09-30

Who Controls the Story? (CTL-DR-MEDIA-001) is CTL's national-scope investigation of Black America's media infrastructure: 140 entities, 482 graded claims (297 Verified), 255 timeline events, 78 verified relationships, and 335 sources. Research v0.1 is complete (2026-09-28), with a Wikipedia-only regrade applied to 38 claims (moved to Provisional). CTL-DR-BPM-003 serves as its Chicago depth layer.

Verifiable facts

Research ID	CTL-DR-MEDIA-001
Type	Deep Research — National infrastructure
Central question	Who controls the Black media infrastructure of America?
Status	Research v0.1 complete (2026-09-28)
Key numbers	140 entities · 482 graded claims (297 Verified) · 255 timeline events · 78 verified relationships · 335 sources; Wikipedia-only regrade applied (38 claims → Provisional)
Publisher	CultureTechLens NFP, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 39-3143901), Chicago, Illinois

How to cite this sheet

APA:
CultureTechLens. (2026). Who Controls the Story? The Black Media Infrastructure of America (CTL Reference Sheet, Version 1.0) [Web page]. CultureTechLens. https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-media-001/

MLA:
CultureTechLens. “Who Controls the Story? The Black Media Infrastructure of America.” CTL Reference Sheet, Version 1.0, CultureTechLens, 30 Sept. 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-media-001/. Accessed DD Mon. YYYY.

Chicago:
CultureTechLens. “Who Controls the Story? The Black Media Infrastructure of America.” CTL Reference Sheet, Version 1.0. CultureTechLens, September 30, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-media-001/.

Cite as: CultureTechLens, “Who Controls the Story? The Black Media Infrastructure of America”, 2026-09-30.
Source: CultureTechLens.

Trust & evidence

Evidence before authority. CultureTechLens publishes its methods, its limits, and its corrections alongside its findings. Claims carry grades — VERIFIED, SUPPORTED, PROVISIONAL, DISPUTED, UNRESOLVED — and unknowns are never reported as zero.