I would love to see the Blue counter-programming, but I’m not sure that any mainstream media will gain legs ever again, in our fetishized, pocket-sized, social-media fed society. We only gather as a country to watch football. The 24-hour news cycle means nothing is must-see TV, and we don’t agree on anything regarding “news”. Substack is…
I would love to see the Blue counter-programming, but I’m not sure that any mainstream media will gain legs ever again, in our fetishized, pocket-sized, social-media fed society. We only gather as a country to watch football. The 24-hour news cycle means nothing is must-see TV, and we don’t agree on anything regarding “news”. Substack is awash in factual, counter-FoxNews-narratives. And also independent sites such as Democracy Docket are also holding leaders to account. But until all of us the mass agitated can be heard speaking with one loud, alarmed and protesting voice, I’m afraid this feeling of silent suffering and losing sleep in a vacuum will continue to weigh more than half the country down.
I would love to see the Blue counter-programming, but I’m not sure that any mainstream media will gain legs ever again, in our fetishized, pocket-sized, social-media fed society. We only gather as a country to watch football. The 24-hour news cycle means nothing is must-see TV, and we don’t agree on anything regarding “news”. Substack is awash in factual, counter-FoxNews-narratives. And also independent sites such as Democracy Docket are also holding leaders to account. But until all of us the mass agitated can be heard speaking with one loud, alarmed and protesting voice, I’m afraid this feeling of silent suffering and losing sleep in a vacuum will continue to weigh more than half the country down.