Hank has a good perspective on the internet age, but I feel he - like many - miss an important point: The so-called 4th Estate, a.k.a. #news #media, specifically exist to be a remedy against things like this & isn't.

Instead of doing their job, the #press gleefully jumped into populism with both feet - if they hadn't, maybe we'd have had a public conversation which actually involved knowing about these problems & making informed decisions about them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8PndpFPL8g #vlogbrothers