It Is Up To Us To Punish The Activist Legacy Media For Their Lies

For years, the mainstream media — or legacy media — have been subtly biased, hiding beneath a combination of inherited authority and assumed objectivity. The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN. They were all seen as America’s go-to source for the truth about what is happening, both at home and abroad. Sure, they were guilty of the standard low-level subjectivity we can expect from coastal elites, but generally, they were seen as trustworthy.

One of the primary cultural benefits of Trump’s victory in 2016 — which, lest we forget, was enabled by the media who provided him with wall-to-wall coverage throughout the primaries and then panicked when they realized that he may win — was his impact on the news media. Trump should be credited for ripping away the false veil of objectivity from the field of journalism, and revealing the monster which lies beneath.