Thank you. Not that things were good before, but 2016 really flipped things around. The corporate media became the "Democratic partisan" establishment, and Donald Trump became an "outsider." Traditionally, Republicans were the Establishment party, with Democrats often conflicted by failing to take their role as Opposition, and sometimes even benefiting the establishment -- especially since Ronald Reagan when the pendulum swung.

Last year, Republicans rushed to support sponsored "alt" media that was mostly an arm of the Republican Establishment while Democrats jumped to back MSM as if it is on their side. Independent media withered away. They really got us divided good now, each side pushed into partisan extremes.

Very little room for actual independence now.