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by KKKKkkkk1 1025 days ago
Technology has brought increasing competition to the news business, starting with AM radio, then cable news, then the likes of Drudge Report on the internet, and finally social media. As a result, the media are pursuing consumers much more aggressively, and in particular they are targeting specific demographics. Hence polarization, "juicy collection of great narratives," [0] and the death of objectivity [1]. The age of Walter Cronkite and Edward Murrow is not coming back.

[0] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1461796763162054663

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/newsrooms...