Media meltdowns and political polarization: Joel Kotkin

The mainstream media increasing appears much like the classic tale of the boy who cried wolf so often that when the wolf showed up no one believed him.
Similarly, since the bust of the Mueller report, and the evaporation of countless other “blockbuster” exposés, the media’s credibility in the ongoing impeachment saga is now widely doubted, even if  this time they may actually be right about presidential misdeeds.
This divide can be seen in public perceptions of the