And that's why CNN's ratings are down. MSNBC numbers were never very high.
Fox News dominates cable news. ABC/NBC/CBS ratings have never been lower. Rush, Hannity, and more dominate talk radio. Drudge, The Blaze, and the rest of the Intellectual Dark Web, as coined by Jorden Peterson, Ben Shapiro, and Joe Rogin, are flourishing. Unrestricted or nearly unrestricted media like Youtube, Twitter, Reddit, 4-chan, and newer emerging social media. You say "Developments worth cheering..." I agree. A monolithic media like we had in the late 80's is bad. The thing is a lot of the "new media"( is that a more palatable counter to "Fake News?")
is young and unable to police itself. You may point out the rat media doesn't police itself but I would counter they do it better, and mirroring the "drive-by-media" from an alt-right perceptive is no virtue.