The media, the intelligentsia and Pierre Bourdieu
The media have begun to value criticism, which now appears in newspapers and on radio and television, generally in a fairly harmless form. It allows them to be seen as final arbiter of all debates, even those that could expose their toxicity. By refusing the terms of so-called ‘media intellectuals', Pierre Bourdieu risked criticism, both by them and the newspapers that gave them authority.
Source: mondediplo.com
