We fail in the press because more than 90 percent of what you see, read or hear is owned by six companies who are part of the billionaire ruling class.
We are owned by entertainment companies and are treated as cheap entertainment. We produce pap with snap for various news-information silos. More intent on going viral than informing, we are no longer capable, at least most of the time, to produce vetted factual information for the masses. We hire cheap, uninformed and under-experienced editors to bow to the owners, and hire uninspired and under-experienced reporters to produce stories. We neither grasp nor search for anything other than reactions to press releases and official pronouncements. We fail to understand and are proud to be along the ride to doom.
Quoted in "The Media learned all the wrong lessons in 2024" [Salon, 28 March 2025]
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https://www.salon.com/2025/03/28/the-media-learned-all-the-lessons-from-2024/
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