Meanwhile, pernicious trends have crept in: “fake news” in the sense of misleading clickbait headlines and “fake news” in the actual propaganda sense have both been able to propagate freely, while writers and editors toil away in underfunded newsrooms or, more frequently, as underpaid freelancers in coworking spaces and on living-room couches. Seeking to maintain trust and prestige, the titans of the industry—if we can still call them that—have kept their eyes on the ever-precious prize of objectivity.
