Why do you reject the premise? In the last twenty years, a motivated political establishment executed a fraudulent war, with most of the media either being com

Why do you reject the premise? In the last twenty years, a motivated political establishment executed a fraudulent war, with most of the media either being complicit or negligent. Within the same era, you had a financial establishment that concocted economic fraud that was akin to a financial terrorist attack that literally collapsed the economy. Again, the media/press was mostly complicit or negligent as it happened, and the political establishment was mostly unwilling to administer criminal justice in the aftermath. So, that’s roughly two bullshit wars, and economic collapse due to deliberate fraud on a massive scale, all wrapped up in a package of negligent media coverage, and zero justice. These institutions don’t deserve respect at the moment. It will take a long time to reestablish integrity on their part. I understand if you find this general attitude snobbish, distasteful, and pretentious, which is fine, you may be more polite than the rest of us. But the premise is not inaccurate.