A critique of legacy media.

Today, as the world is increasingly advancing towards negativity and hatred, there is a need that is desperately felt for independent, non-biased, non-partisan journalism.


Today's legacy media organisations have increasingly turned towards the global uptick in general hatred, negativity, and partisan agendas to keep their businesses up and running in an age where certain sections of social media themselves are more non-partisan than the mainstream media that claims to be 'independent' but is generally not.


The media is advancing toward such a level of self-entitlement so as to preach entire groups of people, certain regions, and even certain countries on the supposed 'code of conduct' holding others accountable, but not themselves for violating the very 'codes of conduct' they set for the world.


The job of the media is to disseminate correct, actual and factual information without any hidden agendas or ulterior motives, which legacy media around the world is currently unable to do. With such a centralised structure accompanying the legacy media business, decentralised means of information propagation, such as YouTube, and other social media platforms have become increasingly more reliable in this regard.

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