[tomarr]

>>traditional media just deals in half truths and artificially modifying information

You know, this also could be a definition for Gonzo journalism which by its nature is 'truth inspired'.

[henvic]

Unfortunately, most of traditional media is both really intertwined with government actors, and mostly interested in matters of politics, instead of sciences, technology, and more meaningful and informative things.

News is, unfortunately, mostly propaganda and de facto marketing & public relations of government officials instead of about interesting topics you can learn from.

[wombat-man]

I mean, I guess? Just as an example NYT has entire sections about science, technology, art, travel. They're pretty mainstream.

There's a lot of noise out there but there's still good journalism happening.

[alfl]

Perhaps Gonzo has been industrialized: “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”