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Celebrity Culture Is Swallowing the News Media (opens in new tab)

As trust in media craters and revenue dries up, legacy news outlets are filling their feeds with celebrity heart-to-hearts and personality-driven coverage. The result is journalism that fawns over fame and power rather than holding it to account.

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