The loss of US media credibility

The US elections are highlighting the catastrophic consequences of the long-term devaluation of the country's "traditional" news media. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are completely different people, with very different policies, and America will be very different after this election, depending on which of the two wins. If the voters (or, rather, the electors) pick Joe Biden's deputy president, the country will continue very much as today; with its problems and inadequate solutions, it will still be the America we know.

If Donald Trump is elected, the United States and the world will face unpredictable turmoil, as the former president heads a movement which aims at the extreme limitation of rights and the overturning of the country's political culture. The fact that half the voters are not shaken by what they have already seen of Trump (culminating in his instigating the...