Mainstream media ownership continues to become more concentrated. "Reporters" are told what stories they will report, what angle they will take and what conclusions will be reached. If they don't tow the line, they join the ranks of dissenting journalists and columnists who no longer have a job or get published. The sycophantic staff that remain simply regurgitate the talking points provided to them by the intelligence community (which are embedded with them), think tanks and corporate lobby groups, and do so with the sick bewildering smile.

Hopefully their power will continue to wain and their subscriber base continues to shrink and more flock to the alternative media. The challenge that remain the indoctrinated young, (in the words of ex Facebook president Sean Parker "God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains"), and the discipline of those that should know better to not care how some celebrity weight losing selfie taking royal babying reality TV garbage.