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Access Is Not Democratic

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Renata Elis

This is a system that learned how to survive democratization by adapting its filters.

And it succeeded in rebranding control.

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We talk a lot about democratization in media, but far less about how access actually works in practice. This piece looks at what replaced traditional gatekeeping and why audience, visibility, and endorsement now function as the real filters.

Submitted on Friday, Jan 30, 2026 at 4:35:52 PM

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