Death Throes: The Mainstream Media Is Hanging By A ThreadBy Joshua Krause Another key factor coming from May ratings is just how old Fox News viewers are. Take for example, Bill OReillys showOReilly had his lowest month since 2001 in the key demo, with 308,000 viewers. Yes, OReilly is still the No. 1 program in cable news in both total and demo viewers, averaging 2,136,000 total viewers in May. But the majority of those viewers are over the age of 55. In fact, the median age for OReilly is now just over 72 years old. The average Fox News viewer overall is 68.8, while the average ages of MSNBC and CNN viewers were 62.5 and 62.8, respectively. Simply put, the largest news networks are hemorrhaging viewers, and most of whats left are now senior citizens. If any institution is going to survive, it of course needs younger adherents. And this is not an abnormal year. Breitbart reported an almost identical story two years ago for the month of May. This is a clear and long-term trend of decline. And it isnt just television news of course. Print media is likely on its way out as well, with only about a quarter of the population saying they have confidence in newspapers. 152 newspapers were shutdown in 2011 alone. Though I couldnt find any more recent data, I suspect last year wasnt much better. Honestly, its an exciting trend to me. The mainstream media has failed to inform us on so many levels. You can pick any day or week of the year, and observe the most trending news items littering our television screens. What youll find is a news media that desperately holds onto any celebrity gossip for days on end, and lies through its teeth at every opportunity. Look at what they did this week. They failed to report on the possibly earth-shaking events that could unfold from a yearly meeting of the most powerful and influential people on earth. If they cant do that, then what are they good for? The lies are the most telling of all. For most of my life, I was told that the media is only concerned about ratings. If it bleeds it leads or something to that effect. I was led to believe that a news organization would do anything for ratings, but perhaps that isnt exactly so. If all they cared about was being seen and heard, why are their ratings in the toilet? If youre reading this right now, you probably already know. Theres a good chance youve at least partially abandoned television and print media. You know deep down that it cant be trusted. You know its not just about ratings. If numbers were all that a multi-billion dollar industry needed to survive, they could do it. Its not that hard. Just tell the truth. The world is a baffling and complicated place, teeming with mystery and beauty. Were on a rock hurdling through space with billions of people living on its surface, and not one of them is identical to another. The world is an unlimited tap of incredible technological advances, political intrigue, wild natural phenomena, and an endless parade creative and courageous people. The truth of our world is filled with awe and wonder. They could get all the ratings they could possibly dream of, if they just told the truth. And, yet, from the school textbooks of our formative years, to the talking heads of our adult lives, every source of mainstream information appears to be a sanitized version of the truth, or even an outright lie. What are they sacrificing their livelihoods for? If theres anything that the free Internet media has taught me, its that the mainstream media is bought by the highest bidder. They sure love money dont they? Apparently they love taking sides more, and they have sided with the establishment. They have thrown in their lot with a small group of elites who dream of nothing more than controlling our lives and attaining as much power and wealth as they can. It is the ultimate irony, because they will likely die as paupers in obscurity. Fewer people than ever have the time or desire to filter through their lies. When I was at CNN a decade ago, it was glistening, Now, he said, it looks like Hitlers bunker.torn-up carpet, feces all over the wall and on the floor in the bathroom. Its rotting. Folks, Ive been in those exact rooms, he added. It literally looked like a gas station bathroom in the worst part of town. It was rotting and those people were in hell. Its a skeleton of what it was, its a globalist operation and theyre nothing. For their sake, I hope hes exaggerating. As for me, I have a pretty bad case of schadenfreude. This tired old media, this purveyor of a false reality, is a dead man walking. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple,where this first appeared. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger . 