Before fact checking anything took an impossible amount of time and not a few resources - a very good library for a start. > the landscape of information producers by volume is more or less the same as it was back then Or the reports so nicely formatted and condensed produced by the state departments such that journos merely have to copy-paste the information straight into their papers. An example being the journalists 'on the beat' that used to hang out around the local courthouse because that's where the 'feeding trough' is.
This particular need that journalists have sees them often becoming dependent on state institutions and corporations at the expense of minority groups and labor. A reliable, centralised stream of new information content is the life blood of journalism organisations, with a strong emphasis on _reliable_ and _centralised_. The marking out of the symbiotic relationship between reliable information producers and journalists is also vital to understanding the media system. It was so interesting to read that section in Manufacturing Consent the hard numbers really helped get a proper sense of the scale imbalances in information production. Information production is a vital part of the media industry and the landscape of information producers by volume is more or less the same as it was back then - dominated by state institutions and corporations.
Chomsky's initial reply is most of what needs to be said. Among people familiar with the book, "Has the propaganda model been invalidated by the social media media giants?" is a regular question.
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