[pyinstallwoes]

It certainly feels like there is no journalism in our zeitgeist. It’s been replaced by propaganda, and sensationalism.

[guerrilla]

I think it was always like that but there were people in journalism fighting hard against it. They lost, apparently somewhat permanently it seems.

[jachriga]

"Journalism" has to compete with the likes of TikTok these days in terms of information availability, and TikTok (and it's infinite scrolling ilk) are not subject to the same principles that traditional journalism has been.

It makes perfect sense that the modern press has devolved to a 24-hour rumor mill; if they hadn't, they'd be even more irrelevant.