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by jason_oster 1 day ago
Between the elimination of the fairness doctrine, the rampant sensationalism (a phenomenon so common it has its own derogatory name: clickbait), the corporate ownership of media outlets, and the pervasiveness of advertising, I can't imagine how you got the idea that information sources were ever a public good. Let alone conflated the purpose of the intent. The intent has been to make money by any means necessary.
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This is fatalism via cherry-picking. It can't help anybody.