The more pundits change, the more they stay the same. For all the benefits of the internet, and perhaps a rise of alt-voices in the twittersphere, the talking h

The more pundits change, the more they stay the same. For all the benefits of the internet, and perhaps a rise of alt-voices in the twittersphere, the talking heads on the tv all seem to be the same old people. It should be clear from history these people aren’t there for their accuracy but because they’re part of an established narrative and they’re “safe” for their markets. Even basic contrarians really aren’t heard from within a market anymore. An example for me would be Chomsky. In the 80’s or 90’s, you could rarely see him on the “liberal” networks, but he got cancelled long ago by them. We are “free” to see him on foreign media or RT though, but no American would bother. It is interesting to see foreign networks like the BBC or NHK covering US news - the talking heads they use aren’t really high-profile in the US so I wonder how they’re chosen.