"A temptation always exists to blame media bias on a closely held conspiracy, but the real drivers lie deeper. Creed and greed might fill the medium with the messages, but it is the medium itself that defines polarization—its true message. If ad-driven media manufactured consent, reader-driven media manufacture anger. If ad-driven media served consumerism, reader-driven media serve polarization. There can be no 'solution' for a shift of such magnitude. 'How do we fix polarization?' is the wrong question. The right question is, 'How are we going to live with it?'"
Andrey Mir at City Journal argues that the Internet has allowed for "the mutation of journalism into post-journalism."
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