Rich people are not your "betters." If most people didn't believe the were, they wouldn't have all the power they do.
I especially wish that journalists would stop treating rich people as experts simply because they're rich.
@Benfell @StillIRise1963 For sure. One could expect an average person to fall victim to such fallacious reasoning, but I thought that #journalists were supposed to be curious and seek the truth. Maybe it was naive of me to think that.
Journalists are human. They're also increasingly expected to produce ever more in ever less time. That leads to shortcuts, including a reliance on the institutional sources that rich people dominate.
@Benfell @StillIRise1963 That is a good point, but just because I sympathize with their plight, that doesn't mean I must consume their inferior content.
I haven't bought a paper or paid a cable bill in 20 years, and yet I know that I am not uninformed compared to my peers. In my opinion, they are at this point doing more harm than good.
@ambulocetus I agree that they are not devoid of responsibility. @Benfell