Before long, traditional media gave way to online content, not necessarily news, where quantity triumphed over quality, and readers began to self-select the information they consumed.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/02/18/community-editorial-board-regulating-big-tech/

“We thought that people would self-select appropriately,” Mnuchin told the committee, “and unfortunately there were a number of companies that were high-profile that took the loans.”

Source: https://woub.org/2023/01/09/how-the-paycheck-protection-program-went-from-good-intentions-to-a-huge-free-for-all/