Trapped in the Bubble

Looking a little earlier in the media predictions I found another that proved to be true, and that is Jim Brady’s 2020 prediction “We’ll complain about other people living in bubbles while ignoring our own.”. The thesis of the prediction is that while journalism professes to be above ideological echo chambers that journalists are themselves part of their own echo chamber. Brady finds journalists have done a poor job fostering trust, communicating with their audience, and spend too much time patting themselves on the back, all both stemming from and contributing to the journalistic bubble that journalists have created for themselves.

“When we decide to let our journalism speak louder than individual journalists, when we decide that many of our traditions need revisiting in this new age, and when we open up to the consumers who are increasingly supporting us, the bond will get tighter and the trust will follow. But the bubble’s gotta burst first. And I wish I felt as if the pop was right around the corner. But I don’t.”

Four years later, and he’s right, it feels like it’s all only gotten worse, and the bubble still doesn't seem like it's going to pop any time soon.

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