I think you’re dead on. When you don’t have a functioning shepherd of public discourse, the various outlets and commentators, and by extension the lies they tel

I think you’re dead on. When you don’t have a functioning shepherd of public discourse, the various outlets and commentators, and by extension the lies they tell, start to become indistinguishable. I actually understand why many people have a hard time seeing the difference between CNN and Fox News. One embodies a set of ideas I find more tolerable and decent, but they both rely on glitzy dramatizations and questionable punditry to sell a mostly cheap, trashy product. I’m not sure how to make good, rational journalism both economically viable and socially popular, but it definitely seems like now more than ever there’s a need for it.