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Perhaps the conversation shouldn't be about whether the influence of the "legacy media" (ht @marcelias.bsky.social and @danpfeiffer.bsky.social) is waning, but about why that is happening and what a world without newspapers and broadcast news looks like.

Ari Meltzer

@arimeltzer.com

21 Nov 2024

While you may not like every editorial decision, headline, tone, there are reporters out there working to speak truth to power -- to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

Ari Meltzer

@arimeltzer.com

There's a reason why the highest priority of dictators and authoritarian regimes is to restrain the free press. While it is fair to ask questions about the role of the media and how to better reach the public, abandoning journalism and the organizations that support it is not the answer.

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