"... unchecked curation by media and social media companies with the goal of engagement." Correct. The Freedom Speeches™ food fight is just a useful distracti

"... unchecked curation by media and social media companies with the goal of engagement." Correct. The Freedom Speeches™ food fight is just a useful distraction, to head off any structural reforms. Similarly, all the pearl clutching over fact checking and truthiness and bias is completely misguided, serving to crowd out useful technical reforms. Actual journalism (reporting) is very simple: - Share your data. - Cite your sources. - Sign your work. Any medium claiming to be "news" must have built-in support.