There's no denying the phenomenon; it's clearly a factor. You mentioned Alexplique. What she does is interesting, I find. But what people like her do is simplify, abridge. Without the work of so-called traditional media—I prefer the term “trusted media”—I have no idea how they could do what they do, which is to look at several sources and summarize them, especially for young audiences. They do good work—I am not saying otherwise—but, without the work that journalists do in other media, big and small, perhaps they would find it harder to do what they do. We commend what they are doing, but we must also remember that their kind of reporting can only happen because of a larger ecosystem.
