An absolutely phenomenal article that's directly related to many of the issues being discussed in this thread is, "The Bad News About the News" [1] by Robert Ka

An absolutely phenomenal article that's directly related to many of the issues being discussed in this thread is, "The Bad News About the News" [1] by Robert Kaiser. Kaiser worked at the Washington Post for more than 50 years as a journalist and editor. He decided to retire shortly after Jeff Bezos purchased it. It's an interesting article discussing the transition between the days of the media having a stranglehold on information dissemination and the transition to modern times where the internet has mostly supplanted their role there. And the massive implications and changes that took place internally, and now externally, during this process. [1] - https://www.brookings.edu/research/essays/2014/bad-news https://www.brookings.edu/research/essays/2014/bad-news