Did Reagan sow the seeds for the end of democracy in America ?

Considering that it was Reagan who ended the FAIRNESS DOCTORINE in TV and RADIO reporting. Then finally Bush 43 deregulated the media and it was all bought up by a handful of mive corporations that by law have to avoid waste when doing business. When this happened all the networks and paper cut loose loads of investigative reporters and started basically repeating government and business statements rather than researching the facts for themselves.