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.
@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
@ambulocetus @StillIRise1963
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.