@atomicpoet
sad reality: about half of the press, *especially* owners and managers, are convinced that a world going to shit is an endless source of great headlines and advertising metrics. They lap up elon's automated shit because they believe it's good for their headlines. The rest is mainly beat journalists and academics, mostly in economically precarious situations, who have little choice but to cooperate with the dangerous delusions of their employers, or be forced out of journalism.