A million baby birds, hungry for masticated content:

 We have somehow created a market and landscape where there are literally millions of people HUNGRY for some new topic, event, or controversy to talk about. Like a million baby birds with their mouths open ready to be fed, what once acted as a vanguard against centralized media manipulation and influence, becomes the perfect vehicle and means to perpetuate messages, perspectives, and keeping public discourse within as limited a spectrum as possible.