The recent layoffs at ABC News are part of a larger trend where 15,000 media jobs were lost last year, reflecting a shrinking independent media landscape dominated by corporate interests. With mainstream media increasingly beholden to powerful benefactors, there is a growing need for the public to support independent journalism. The article draws historical parallels between today's media landscape and past sensationalist practices, emphasizing the importance of independent news outlets in safeguarding democracy and maintaining a critical check on governmental powers, especially in politically tumultuous times.
The task of rebuilding truly independent news outlets falls to journalists, readers, and any concerned citizens who recognize how imperiled our free press has become.
Mainstream media outlets have long faced dwindling audiences and have increasingly relied on corporate benefactors competing to prove loyalty to their benefactor in the White House.
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