When are liberals finally going to boycott mainstream media?

[JCanete]

14. those aren't solely what got us into this mess, and I'd argue that the mainstream media holds a

far greater responsibility for our current state. Yes, once upon a time, the media, still fairly conservative with a very narrow perspective, used to help to form a common reality of voters of every stripe that was at least rooted in fact. And yes, our ability to stick our heads into whatever bubble echoes back to us our own beliefs is a troubling development that has enormous potential to destroy our democracy.

But the sunsetting of the fairness doctrine allowed news outlets to turn news into a game of profit, and worse, news outlets are owned by mega-corporations with their own bigger agendas, involving far more money than news itself can even generate, which indirectly(though sometimes directly) influences coverage, and certainly influences the make-up of a news team.

I grant that somewhere in there, those that still survive on credibility tend not to cross the line into making shit up and that their worse crimes then are crimes of omission and of focus, and of laziness, but had they done their job with Trump from day one, I doubt he would have percolated to the top of the Republican ticket. And if you've ever watched republican debates, holy crap what a hilarious abdication of responsibility from these news organizations.