It really drives me crazy how many well meaning people think punditry, forming an opinion on information, is the same work flow as investigating/reporting, finding the information to begin with.
The powers at be in addition to regular civilians have created and supported a system where pundits leach off of the investigative/reporting of an established system and argue they can replace it. Your favorite YouTube/TikTok comments upon information gleaned by NBC, WaPO, NY Times, Condé etc.
Feb 4, 2026 20:22Pundits on the right and left can argue all day long that the mainstream media is a failure and regardless of whatever critiques might be valid, you would have nothing to talk about without their work. Soon you will have very little underlying foundation to what you feed your subscribers.
Even five years ago, it would drive me crazy that few people seem to understand this. Like all this alternative news is high on their on supply. You sit in front of a front facing camera and yap about an article you read on the internet. Half of them don’t even leave their homes!
