I would argue that people shifting toward online/free content required a pivot in media toward viral clickbait (away from actual journalism) just to maintain revenue. The resulting low quality just sped up the transition further.
It's pretty simple really. Once we reached a critical mass of influential people who have been personally burned (misquoted, slandered, mobbed, cancelled) by lazy ideologues LARPing as 'journalists', society reached an anti-'journalism' tipping point.https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1196453265036267521 …
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Intersectionality is voracious.
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Are you typing with your retainer in? Er mer gerd!
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The country at large knows its media is junk food, and ironically, I think we've never been healthier.
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LARPing! That is too perfect.
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One can only hope
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@VitalikButerin I think it's time we separated out glorified oped writers from journalists and reporters. There are still many working professionals who are writing important, original content and conducting primary interviews and suchThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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