>Modern progressivism is in danger of becoming dominated by a relatively small group of people who went to the same colleges, live in the same neighborhoods and have trouble seeing beyond their subculture’s point of view.
I think that this small group of (highly political) people's voices are getting quieter and quieter. The citizenry is very keen today of BS detection, and very skeptical of traditional news; rightfully so. Traditional news lives at the mercy of advertisers. Russell Brand recently did a segment about Pfizer and CNN with a montage that was pretty funny.
What do you see replacing "traditional news outlets"? I have a number of strong criticisms, but I don't really see the alternatives as better, or at least not the alternatives that we have right now.
There are plenty of examples, but here is one so you get the idea. This guy is a former cop who, in this video, is explaining how many police cultures work, how they are trained, how the justice system bureaucracy works, and why there are so many issues with police and civilians. You don't get this from traditional news.
There are many, many, many examples. There are a lot on YouTube, but that just happens to be the distribution model de jour. Blogging, substack, etc are also viable distributors. When I grew up I always saw journalism as Walter Cronkite (I'm dating myself), Dan Rather, NYT, etc. Those are just corporations who practice journalism for profit. Journalism itself, as defined by the founders in the constitution, isn't limited to that. I believe we are currently experiencing a revolution in journalism, or perhaps a return to its roots. It's exciting.
"News is what somebody does not want you to print. All the rest is advertising."
I think that this small group of (highly political) people's voices are getting quieter and quieter. The citizenry is very keen today of BS detection, and very skeptical of traditional news; rightfully so. Traditional news lives at the mercy of advertisers. Russell Brand recently did a segment about Pfizer and CNN with a montage that was pretty funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5xqP-aPwOU
A lot of this is thanks to the loosening of the stranglehold of traditional news outlets in solely defining narratives.