Source: Quillette
by Steve Salerno
“Historically, the imparting of news was a one-way, top-down process. The keepers of this loose-knit kingdom were vested with the right and responsibility to curate a consensus trove of necessary information to be communicated to the masses. Today, the ethic that drove such men and their media organisations is all but gone. Publications and networks alike now set aside tidy sums for focus groups, marketing consultants, and algorithmic formulas designed to ascertain what readers want to know so that it can be provided to them.” (07/06/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/07/06/purity-profit-and-politics-journalism/