What do you hate about #oldmedia ? I personally don’t like it as I’m one of those who use @lemmy and @reddit for my news outlet. I find it to be more better and factual than old media, and I get too choose what I want to see, instead if being forced to watch whatever my country, or rather service wants me to see.
They have their purpose. When something is buried really well, sometimes you need the time, dedication, skills and resources of a career professional to go dig it up. You can often sniff out the bs by cross referencing them against each other.
Like, if you read that something happened in China, and both the New York Times and the South China Morning Post are saying it, you can have a higher confidence that it’s true. Aggregators like Ground News are convenient for checking stuff like this.