The Rise of the New Media: On decentralized truth and corporate media’s collapse According to “The Rise of the New Media: Decentralizing Truth in the Digital Age,” corporate media has prioritized profit over truth – leading to censorship, propaganda and detachment from public interest as seen in failures like Iraq War WMD lies and COVID-19 lab leak suppression. Legacy outlets serve political and financial elites (e.g., suppressing Hunter Biden’s laptop story), while independent journalists face deplatforming and smear campaigns for challenging official narratives. Trust in mainstream media has collapsed, fueling demand for independent, community-funded platforms that prioritize transparency and resist corporate/government influence. Decentralized…

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