“People are starved for news”.... not enough
Not nearly enough people are starved for news yet. It hasn’t yet occurred to them that the familiar faces they have grown used to over the years could actually be traitors to their profession, much less the Republic.
And to truth in general.
When one works HARD to get a really balanced view of the news from many sources, then the talking heads on the major networks can more clearly be seen to be spouting propaganda in the service of the state.
Credibility becomes strained.
Imagine tuning in to CNN and witnessing Wolf Blitzer or somebody saying: "And in other news ... < pause > ... the moon has been found to be made of green cheese."