“ Today, we have millions of “citizen journalists” who report, can be fact-checked, corrected/flamed if wrong, all in real-time. They don’t hold a monopoly.”
True.
But the millions of people are also posting a lot of garbage.
GOOD journalists are very valuable.
To a point.
As much as I love FR, there is a ton of garbage posted here. Slay News is the bottom-feeder of “new conservative media” Gateway Pundit is right up there, too. And randos on Twitter et al shouldn’t be trusted blindly because they’re on “our side.”
Vigilance requires fact-checking and verification. Often, Slay’s nonsense is debunked in less than 5 min of fact checking. Other sources may require more effort. But it is always satisfying to prove or debunk an article, and that helps build your own personal list of trusted and ghastly sources.
Now, there are MAYBE a few “reporters” who I “trust.” Kurt Schlichter is one. Daniel Greenfield Is another. But I still validate their stories. YMMV,