Mainstream outlets will often cite time constraints as an excuse for why they’re failing to tackle crucial stories. But is it possible that maybe their silence

Mainstream outlets will often cite time constraints as an excuse for why they’re failing to tackle crucial stories. But is it possible that maybe their silence is by design? After all, in 2021, they apparently had ample time to report on the murder investigation for a travel blogger, gossip about Melania Trump, and a maskless Rudy Giuliani leaving a New Year’s Eve party. --- Well, perhaps there is a wide-reaching corporate conspiracy to peddle pablum… …or pablum is what people actually want to consume. That is what gets clicks and eyeballs. That’s what’s exciting, that’s what’s fun, that’s what is easy to understand. Is, I dunno, the LIBOR scandal vastly more important than that what outfit Melania Trump wore? Sure is! Does anybody really want to sit through an article or show about the subtle manipulation of inter-bank interest rates? Hell no! I am sorry, there is and has been an abundance of erudite, in-depth reportage out there covering just about anything, and people’s revealed preference is to care a lot about Kanye. I am sure there is some incentivizing to bow to the corporate masters, but the day-to-day decisions in the media are much more about “what’s going to sell to the cheap seats?”