Independent objective press is important. Even press which is honest about its bias is important. The miserable excuse for "press" which the corporate media is

Independent objective press is important. Even press which is honest about its bias is important. The miserable excuse for "press" which the corporate media is is important only in the sense that they are one of the main drivers behind the polarisation in society. Most of the big corporate press outlets - cable, broadcast and their internet arms - are not much more than thinly veiled propaganda outlets for the Democrats or Republicans - pity the poor soul who gets his view on the state of the world from one of these merchants of outrage. Blue-check "journalists" who work for these outlets tend to produce narrative instead of news, aiming to stoke the fervour of their intended targets. Instead of a blue check it would be good to mark them with a red flag, 'warning: exposure has been shown to lead to distorted views of reality'.