Consider that social media figures and podcasts hosts use the authority of corporate media to push narratives or validate their own narratives to their audience

Consider that social media figures and podcasts hosts use the authority of corporate media to push narratives or validate their own narratives to their audience. Corporate media sets the agenda or talking point of the day in a way that people then go on to discuss these talking points on podcasts and social media. When considering situations that require “access” like daily press conferences with political figures ask yourself how many of those asking questions are independent reporters vs corporate media. While social media does influence corporate media normally it’s just filler content or celebrity gossip that ends up getting talked about in traditional media. I guess to summarise most people are getting their news from these six corporations either first hand or second hand via social media/podcasts.