Why this week’s media meltdown was years in the making — and what comes next

BuzzFeed News, the colossus of yesteryear’s viral reporting and the entity that published the infamous Steele Dossier about Donald Trump, announced that it was shutting down for good.

On Monday, Fox News fired Tucker Carlson, their top-rated host. Within an hour, Don Lemon announced he was parting ways with CNN, where he had worked for 17 years.

On Thursday, Vice News, another struggling pioneer of 21st century digital news, became the…