3 ms·
> The fact that you used to have gatekeepers who were more or less honest is an artifact of the startup costs of the television and newspaper industries, not so
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
> The fact that you used to have gatekeepers who were more or less honest is an artifact of the startup costs of the television and newspaper industries, not some nirvanal state that has collapsed into darkness.
Actually, it was a result of treating things like the airwaves as a public trust and imposing stuff like the Fairness Doctrine.