direct sources are more and more available to the public… But simultaneously get less and less trustworthy.
The former helps cause the latter. Sources that aren’t available to the public, or are not widely read by the public for whatever reason, don’t face the pressure to propagandize—either to influence the public, and/or to be seen as ideologically correct by the public.
Of course influencing the public only one of several drives to distort or ignore the truth, and less public fora are not automatically trustworthy.
The former helps cause the latter. Sources that aren’t available to the public, or are not widely read by the public for whatever reason, don’t face the pressure to propagandize—either to influence the public, and/or to be seen as ideologically correct by the public.
Of course influencing the public only one of several drives to distort or ignore the truth, and less public fora are not automatically trustworthy.