> arbiter of truth They're really not though, that's part of their marketing. It seems like there is a long history of news media being used to push agendas, b

> arbiter of truth They're really not though, that's part of their marketing. It seems like there is a long history of news media being used to push agendas, being arrogant, and running politically motivated smear campaigns. They might occasionally tell the news without opinion but that seems like an added benefit, not their main goal. What we have now is competition. The replacement for the mainstream media will just be more media and like always, people will have to determine for themselves if something is accurate. It's weird to think you believe our government, our lives, are so fragile that without mainstream media we degenerate into fools led by a strongman.