Almost everyone read daily papers, watched the networks, or poured over the newsweeklies. That universality has been shattered, probably for good. Information now splits along demographic, political, and cultural fault lines. We all look into our separate mirrors now and mostly see only ourselves looking back. Increasingly, groups divided by such things as gender and age are drawn to media that they believe reflect their own values.
Kids play computer games, watch cable, and read niche magazines.
African Americans have turned to their own magazines and listen to their own talk shows. O.J. This has not been a peaceful evolution. Stories themselves have become bitterly controversial, one medium pitting itself against another, following its own agenda and deriding the others. Oliver Stone has long been one of the fiercest warriors in this cultural conflict. He has galled and provoked mainstream journalism more skillfully and provocatively than any other major filmmaker.