"What we need are trustworthy experts, not overconfident amateurs, however well-meaning they may be." The Tunnel Dweller included, as well as Greta Thunberg.
"Recently, The Washington Post laid off a third of its newsroom and staff. It’s a monumental act representing the twilight of legacy media, a symbol of the changing information landscape. The one-time gatekeepers of information and “correct opinions” have lost a great deal of credibility, and, with it, profit margins. Jeff Bezos reportedly lost $100 million last year on The Washington Post, and he’d finally had enough, taking a hatchet to his workforce.
"This drastic action points to a profound shift in the media ecosystem – a shift providing both opportunities and risks for “the right” or the “alternative media.”
"The guerilla warfare of alternative media – largely enabled by the emergence of the internet as a prime news source – has taken a toll on mainstream media. The big budgets and (formerly) big reputations of legacy media outlets have rendered them unadaptable and obsolete as they suffer blow after blow from the alt-media’s hit-and-run tactics, such as James O’Keefe’s undercover cameras.
"The legacy media’s highly questionable – or downright dishonest – coverage of subjects like COVID-19 and the so-called Russiagate scandal didn’t help either. We’re living through a crisis of trust in institutions, and media institutions exposed their compromised state on a massive scale.
"Americans are waking up to the nefarious forces at work alongside many mainstream media outlets. The natural reaction has been for more Americans to turn to alternative online news sources to get the truth. That shift is both promising and dangerous." . . .
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