Vassallo explains how people can fight back by supporting local and independent outlets instead of corporate media, becoming "pollinators of good information." He highlights City Bureau in Chicago, which trains community members to cover city hall—beats that disappeared when media conglomerates stripped local papers for profit.
The conversation explores how citizen journalists armed with smartphones can document reality and share it with accountable journalists. Citizen footage of ICE raids revealed the violence and cruelty of deportation policies. Vassallo argues that reality-based reporting is kryptonite to both corporate propaganda and authoritarian agendas.
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