The supreme irony here is that while billionaire media property owners like Soon-Shiong, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg constantly bemoan the public’s “distrust in media,” their own heavy-handed meddling has become perhaps the leading driver of that distrust. They’re not just putting their thumbs on the scale anymore – they’re actively rewriting reality to match their preferred narrative.

It’s not irony though. They have zero interest in “trust” or “the media”.