[C6JEsQeQa5fCjE]

> Social media incentivizes small 'creators' to espouse outrageous views that mainstream media does not, and that seem vitally important

You write about this in a negative tone ("outrageous views"). To go for the extremely low hanging fruit, what about when the establishment media tried to mostly ignore Epstein, and it was only the hard push from social media personalities that brought the topic back into the mainstream? What confidence does that leave in the establishment media, and that they are not bought and paid for by the 'ruling pedophile class'?

When the establishment media refuses to talk about certain topics, it gives up the control over the narrative on that topic. That is their conscious choice. It is obvious that individuals will rise to fill that gap. Why are you writing about it as if it's a bad thing?

Does a liberal democracy even exist without independent media? I think not.

[thomassmith65]

On the contrary, some pre-internet establishment media would have been all over a story about a billionaire and his ring of underage escorts. The National Enquirer, for example.