26. January 2026 26. January 2026 01/26/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. The traditional newspaper model isn’t dying because of TikTok, algorithms, or the internet. It’s dying from within. From political bias, moralizing indoctrination, ideological narrow-mindedness, and an editorial culture that prioritizes stance over information and opinion over analysis. Readers aren’t leaving because they no longer want news—they’re leaving because they no longer want this kind of journalism. Yesterday’s article on Report24, from which I quoted an excerpt above, is titled: The great exodus from newspapers – the people are turning their backs on the mainstream.Source. Since the 1990s, when the Internet began its rapid conquest as a tool for fast information transfer, the press has felt the real impact of this development, the dissemination of which it had previously monopolized. Online platforms for most daily newspapers, weekly magazines, and other regularly published publications sprang …
In the USA, top MSM journalist were warning about the decline of real reporting since at least the 80's. My college had school of journalism where they would speak. Now we have myriads of websites telling us what we want to hear or what the gov. wants to feed us.
@Agatha James It's true that it's not easy to distinguish between propaganda and truth. However, I see a positive side to this. Fewer and fewer people are accepting the words of the media, including independent ones, uncritically. In my opinion, this will increase people's efforts to verify all revelations coming from all sources.