[akira2501]

We were ever in a position to "trust" media?

To me the advantage of having the internet was to allow a range of people without prior permission, a large sum of money, or more free time than sense to start publishing.

It was all seemingly meant to expand the number of voices in the "media" and reduce the requirement to put your trust into any one outlet. We took a wrong turn somewhere.

[JohnFen]

Sorry, I was unclear. I meant "media" in the general sense, not "The Media" in the sense of media companies. "Media" includes the internet.

[akira2501]

No.. I know. I was saying that since alternative formats clearly don't improve access to the "truth" then sheer volume and open access is your only last resort, and do the extent the internet was supposed to bring that, it has been stunted somewhere along the way into the half-penetrated and half-captured version we have now.