alt Hacker NewsThe wire services are the source of practically all news. There are vanishingly few other actual news-gathering organizations. (One fewer with the Washington Post deciding that they don't want to be one, either.)
That's the news. Everything else is repackaging.
The actual truth (or as close to it as can exist) has been out there and readily accessible this whole time. People choose to get it through pre-digested outlets instead, and then get outraged that everyone else is ignoring "the" truth.
> The wire services are the source of practically all news.
That's no longer true for me. I get the majority of my news from HN and follows on social media. A mainstream news story is now the exception rather than the rule, and that includes posts and stories downstream of mainstream reporting. This is what I was dreaming about in the '90s. It's a case of actually getting the real jetpack I wanted for my birthday.
And I think it isn't just me, it's widespread enough to account for the growing polarization. Reuters and friends no longer dictate the spin across bubbles.