You nailed it. NPR did a story about the class division among journalists this year, or late last year. Folks from lower-socioeconomic classes have a more diffi

You nailed it. NPR did a story about the class division among journalists this year, or late last year. Folks from lower-socioeconomic classes have a more difficult time getting into journalism, because of the low-wage barrier early in their careers. So we have a class of journalists from upper-middle to upper classes. They select their experiences and their 'circles' as the experiences, and here we are. I have no data, but I'm 100% certain that if you interview individuals with enough wealth/education/privilege to be in the same social circles as the major journalists for major organizations, your experiences aren't the standard US citizen experiences.