You're totally right. It's about being a smart, informed reader. And I think it's smart to believe that the more democratic media gets, the more smart readers can steer media agendas towards more truth.
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is revered as one of the most important movies, because it modernized movie storytelling and brought self-awareness in it's narrative about media. The movie making backstory is equally important, for how Welles' career was ruined by the politics of studios and going up against the Hearst newspapers. Consider how that movie tells a story through fractured narrative, where ultimately, there are many truths that intersect or overlap, but no center and not one of them can dominate. (Kirosawa's Rashomon followed it's influence too.) It's a relevant concept when discussing democratic media.
You're totally right. It's about being a smart, informed reader. And I think it's smart to believe that the more democratic media gets, the more smart readers can steer media agendas towards more truth.
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is revered as one of the most important movies, because it modernized movie storytelling and brought self-awareness in it's narrative about media. The movie making backstory is equally important, for how Welles' career was ruined by the politics of studios and going up against the Hearst newspapers. Consider how that movie tells a story through fractured narrative, where ultimately, there are many truths that intersect or overlap, but no center and not one of them can dominate. (Kirosawa's Rashomon followed it's influence too.) It's a relevant concept when discussing democratic media.