“The easiest thing in journalism is to create heat. The hardest is light. We’re in the light business.” NewsHour might be in the light business, but there are a lot of heavy hitters watching as PBS has become the network of record by booking the best and the brightest in their fields for interview and analysis.
there is hope for parts of the mainstream media: NPR is now the “you don’t treat me like i am an idiot.” on the other hand, a lot of media considers itself high quality but is total garbage, such as the NYT.