The Cancer of the Media
Is Mass Immigration Killing Two-Party Democracy in the U.S.?
by James Delmont
In the recent discussion about what ails the media, which has been prompted by a flurry of firings and resignations, the blind lead the blind. The diagnoses ignore the most obvious one: the media’s primary commitment to liberalism over real news.
Ariana Pekary, who quit MSNBC recently, blames the media’s dysfunction on an obsession with ratings:
“We are a cancer and there is no cure,†a successful and insightful TV veteran said to me. “But if you could find a cure, it would change the world.â€
As it is, this cancer stokes national division, even in the middle of a civil rights crisis. The model blocks diversity of thought and content because the networks have incentive to amplify fringe voices and events, at the expense of others … all because it pumps up the ratings.
https://spectator.org/ariana-pekary-msnbc-media-cancer/
