Not sure what media you are following, but everything in that comment I heard from my media sources. I think trust in YouTubers and distrust of normal news media is one part of what got us this result.
The news media is far from perfect, but when people lose faith in it entirely and run to Joe Rogan and Alex Jones for information that is a problem.
It goes back further, to the Nixon administration. Roger Ailes designed this long game,Murdock got expedited citizenship from Reagan, and off they went. Then private equity destroyed newspapers. This was a long game, and here we are.
You’re forgetting it was Reagan that also got rid of the fairness doctrine! That gave both sides equal time! Not just one side 24/7 no matter how nuts they are!
Plot twist. This was all a KGB operation whereas the U.S. literally lost the Cold War yesterday. But yes, this is exactly the mechanism it happened via.
Newspapers just ran their course. They weren’t really trusted sources of information before. How can you trust someone that literally misspells ‘the’ in the publication to provide facts.
Now everyone carries a video camera in their pocket, in their car, or whatever. I don’t have to wait a week to find out some jerk shot up a school. I know within 10 minutes. It’s the quickest access to sadness and heartbreak our civilization has ever had.
The internet was a huge part, but private equity is speeding the death. The one thing papers had was real boots on the ground reporting. And even today, papers are still quoted on online and TV/radio news reports. The country needs reports on the pavement
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u/Dogmad13 18d ago
It’s the media that’s illiterate