• radix@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In a world where every person is free to share their opinion directly to a mass audience, *we need trusted experts in various fields more than ever.

    No, they’re not necessarily going to be concentrated only in traditional media, but if I’m looking something up real quick, I’m more likely to trust some random author on a real news site than some random author on social media. Maybe I’d still get wrong information sometimes, but the odds are better.