Media consolidation certinaly hasn't helped. It does seem to me that individual journalists are making their views known more commonly and it's definitely easie

Media consolidation certinaly hasn't helped. It does seem to me that individual journalists are making their views known more commonly and it's definitely easier to spot when they're actively engaging their audience on social media. Part of me wonders if them being encouraged or required to participate in social media causes some bias towards getting approval from fans. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that news organizations being further driven towards higher profits also causes them to follow consumer trends and popular stories in "their audience" rather than doing more investigative journalism and objective reporting. It's almost like social media and popular opinion drive the story rather than just tipping off journalists to where the story might be, its lazy and probably cheaper.