>In the current era, I think we've lost confidence and taste for balanced narratives, neutral depictions and such.
Probably because the notion that we've ever had "balanced narratives, neutral depictions and such" is a bald-faced lie, per, "Negro lynched for assaulting white woman," et al.
The media landscape has balkanized enough that attempting to declare A Single Truth from on high (however fact-based, or not, it actually was) is no longer possible. To those constantly thrown under the steamroller of Stability and Civility, this is a good thing. At this point, people have to choose between convenience or truthz because a convenient truth is unattainable.
Probably because the notion that we've ever had "balanced narratives, neutral depictions and such" is a bald-faced lie, per, "Negro lynched for assaulting white woman," et al.
The media landscape has balkanized enough that attempting to declare A Single Truth from on high (however fact-based, or not, it actually was) is no longer possible. To those constantly thrown under the steamroller of Stability and Civility, this is a good thing. At this point, people have to choose between convenience or truthz because a convenient truth is unattainable.