When people got almost all their information from TV and newspapers, the legacy media had a virtual monopoly on information and control of the public mind.

However, now, alt media is serious competition and the legacy media is dying because many people no longer trust it. The legacy media has consistently presented only the official government narrative and sided with the Democratic Party. So, it is not objective and is thus not providing a full spectrum of information to allow people to come to their own conclusions. Much of the information on TV is "Brought to you by Pfizer".

The legacy media is examining where it went wrong. Jeff Bezos Admits Legacy Media Is Dying shows that the founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post admitted just before the election that the legacy media is in trouble. The New York Times is following suit now after the election.

The Atlantic reported on November 8 Bad News: Legacy media must compete against a choose-your-own-adventure reality.

"You are the media now." That's the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week. Elon Musk first posted the phrase, and others followed. "The legacy media is dead. Hollywood is done. Truth telling is in. No more complaining about the media," the right-wing activist James O'Keefe posted shortly after. "You are the media."….

Based on Trump and Kamala Harris's appearances on various shows—and especially Trump and J. D. Vance's late-race interviews with Joe Rogan, which culminated in the popular host's endorsement—some have argued that this was the "podcast election."