Many factors might have contributed to the election’s outcome , but the media world’s fracturing is hard to ignore. They are competing for attention with mainstream media organizations that have a different mission and who are bound by editorial standards. The TV networks also have digital arms with sizable reach. Jonah Peretti , the co-founder and chief executive of BuzzFeed, said publishers are even more vulnerable to social media than TV is. “People tend to live in their own media echo chambers now more than ever,” Feist said.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 08, 2024 14:34 UTC