So... basically cable news

This is how liars in the media are rationalizing their lack of influence. What we're seeing is fascism. These people are trying to take away the voice of the people so that they can replace it with their own.

Mainstream media helped propel us into the Vietnam and Iraq wars, failed to raise alarm about climate change and DuPont's decades of wilful spreading of harmful toxic chemicals, has unreported the opioid crisis and ignored the hollowing out of the middle class, so yeah. Whatever.

Oh boy...so much wrong with this discussion.

LOL misinformation wins when there’s no gatekeepers Because CNN and NYT don’t misinform us every single day

Yeah sounds rather like the blue pencil in a fascist regime. 🤷‍♂️

The corporate press lied to get Americans to support the Iraq War. None of the corporate press cretins have suffered any consequences for saying we’d see another holocaust in Syria if the US left. You are the enemy of the people.

With gatekeepers, authoritarianism and power wins!

So corporate-led censorship is the appropriate response to "Democracy in Danger"?

Gatekeepers are perfectly capable of manufacturing misinformation ... and disinformation. They do it all the time.