I think we beat the US “news media” at their own game and it probably makes a lot of people nervous to not have a monopoly on propaganda.
A friend once said, “What good is freedom of speech, if nobody can hear you?”Whom gets heard and whom does not, is the job of the “gatekeeper.”The “gatekeepers” are the assault on the 1st amendment of our Constitution.But, the “gatekeepers” are no longer relevant.
http://www.unz.com/article/an-obituary-of-the-new-york-times/
Bingo
from the article: what would the comparable leftwing ecosystem be like?
The author is blind to the answer. The AP-REUTERS-NYT-WAPO-GANNETT-ABC-NBC-CBS-CNN-MSNBC-NPR-PBS-Medill School of Journalism-etc is the comparable ecosystem. Exactly the same sociogram could be drawn of the old school ecosystem.
What we witness is proof of capitalist economics. The establishment media was a cartel that would not let anyone in who was not invited. So the MARKET invented ways to bypass the cartel and create competition.
Someone needs to use this to educate people on economics.