Here's the thing. It was never better. Never. In the past we had no other conduits of information, no ability to compare. We were fed dreck and we thought it wa

Here's the thing. It was never better. Never. In the past we had no other conduits of information, no ability to compare. We were fed dreck and we thought it was a deep insight into the world and the way it worked. But in reality it was 95% monopoly access to information streams, prettied up with sexy graphics and beautiful people with good speaking voices. Getting opinions from other talking heads who didn't know what the fuck they were talking about but worked in important places. But all of that was based on the teeny-tiny-est kernel of legitimate journalism. And we ate it up with a spoon. We thought it was absolute truth wrapped up in a blanket of deep, serious gravitas handed to us from on high. It was a stage production, as much then as it is now.