Nothing will replace the media, and it's ridiculously easy to get to the truth nowadays insofar as it is known already - very often the truth is merely a few mo

Nothing will replace the media, and it's ridiculously easy to get to the truth nowadays insofar as it is known already - very often the truth is merely a few mouse-clicks away, as opposed to the past where you had to study for hours in the National Library, interview experts and witnesses if necessary, and scan through old microfiches if past events were involved. We're over-informed nowadays and spend too much time on news without even distinguishing properly betweens news, editorials, and infotainment. > Now, the media is completely being driven to the sidelines. I still see zero evidence for that. As far as I can see, there is a bunch of political zealots who for various political and personal reasons state something like the following (roughly and deliberately polemically paraphrased): "The 'mainstream' media are crooked and wrong. Everybody is mislead by them and a victim, except for me, I am a victim but also know everything better than hordes of journalists. I am reluctant to back up any of my claims, though, because my sources are mostly opinion websites and blog posts, but if I must and you pressure me, I am willing dig through the Internet to selectively chose a few random articles to back up any claim I made, no matter how unfounded it might be. I do not really know any 'non-mainstream' media that would hold up to superficial scrutiny but I'm hell-bent on insisting these exist. The reasons why I do this are psychological and irrational, I feel uneasy in a complex world and spend too much time online."