people have been saying it is wrong
and a pillar of any democracy, the fourth estate, was compromised from the jump*
*see: the spanish american war and the yellow press
*see: the war between Joseph Pulitzer who purchased the New York World in 1883 and told his editors to use sensationalism, crusades against corruption, and lavish use of illustrations to boost circulation and William Randolph Hearst who then purchased the rival New York Journal in 1895
and how is the fifth estate doing?
the emergent group of non-mainstream media sources, such as bloggers and online platforms, that influence public discourse
our best is how the fifth estate is doing
we are literally doing it, you and i