The mainstream media has lost control of the narrative because of places like FB. Everything that covers politics is a form of political ad and EVERYONE has an

The mainstream media has lost control of the narrative because of places like FB. Everything that covers politics is a form of political ad and EVERYONE has an agenda. So how will you control that? What NYT, WaPo others offered was a brand and certain Network Effects (subscription). They can not compete with the Network Effects of FB and have been trying to rein in FB. These entities are desperate to regain control of the narrative or they'll lose their value. The reality is, NYT or WAPO can run false news or "political ads" under the name of op-eds. On their own platforms they can highlight these op-eds on their homepage or they can just boost them on FB. If NYT is fine with op-eds that talks about anything political related as "political ads" then they have a standing here. It no longer has to be op-ed. Even their news coverage is turning to political propaganda. You know how bad NYT's own editorial practice is? Just watch this recent re-writing of history [0]. Any let's not forget it wasn't the political ads that gave us Donal Trump, but the $5 Billion free advertising that Trump got by the mainstream media [1], watch Bannon talk about how Trump got initial boost in the polls[2] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78CE8eiWItY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78CE8eiWItY [1] https://www.thestreet.com/story/13896916/1/donald-trump-rode-5-billion-in-free-media-to-the-white-house.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/13896916/1/donald-trump-rode... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuPYArH0Gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuPYArH0Gs (this is an interesting interview and Bannon talks about how Trump got his boost in the polls by mainstream media)