Great question!
We should be critical of everything, not just legacy media.
I am more critical of politicians, gov’t, and legacy media as a principal, since they do the bidding of the owner class, but yes independent media can also be bought and those that do the bidding of the status quo, owner class.
“can also be bought”
And the writers (no way I’m calling them journalists) can also be so ridiculously bad at reporting facts that no serious media would ever hire them.
Well, if you look into Independent journalists you would know that many started in legacy media.
You may also find a pattern ,in some, if you do your own research into why they are independent.
I’ll give you a hint, one of the reasons is why so many have lost thier trust in legacy media…
Here is a vid where you can start your research: https://lemmy.world/post/15896244
“if you do your own research”
Yeah so the second someone tells me to do that I know they don’t have the ability to do that for themself in a way that will lead them to credible conclusions.
“lost their trust in legacy media” doesn’t mean they were good at reporting facts and might in fact be because they were bad at being intelligent enough to make the difference between facts and their own opinion and therefore stopped trusting their employer who was shutting down their conspiracy bullshit.
