In France, there is a powerful left-wing politician named Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He was senator for decades. He was previously a minister. He has run for President multiple times. People close him describe him as a political beast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Mélenchon
On october 3th 2023, the newspaper Le Monde published an absolutely astonishing investigation into his girlfriend. They reveal that his girlfriend SCREAMS and HUMILIATES ordinary people. And he knows that.
3 days later, on october 6th 2023, Melenchon took a trip to Morocco.
Believing he was far away for any camera, he made a cynical confession to moroccan university students:
“I really don’t care what newspapers reveal. The vast majority of voters don’t read newspapers. They watch online videos”
"We are now in the great era of social media"
Elon Musk regularly attacks the New York Times.
On social media, he urges people to not read it.
That’s because the New York Times has published incredible stories about him.
Elon Musk knowingly lied about the safety of self-driving vehicles. Multiple people were killed
Musk is sexually harassing SpaceX engineers
The Musk Foundation is breaking the law:
When powerful politicians and businessmen tell you “don’t read newspapers”, they aren’t trying to give you good life advice.
It’s a manipulation attempt.
Hearst was a newspaper magnate from the … USA! The USA is a different story, as news is and always was business in the USA; look at all the television channels with all the commercial breaks, even during the news! They even tried to ruin the World Cup 26 by introducing these constant drinking breaks in between, so that sport isn’t the main item anymore, but the ads are. Distilling the news from these US businesses was challenging and has become worse. Lucky for you, there are still some good newspapers and channels in the USA (PBS. CNN), and naturally you can also subscribe to European news sources: the Guardian, English version of El Pais, DW from Germany, BBC is quite ok too. Le Monde. Al Jazeera, Euronews. (I read all of them; not in full naturally, I need to earn money)