> Reddit is known for doing orders of magnitude better coverage of pretty much everything than mainstream media
This is just farcially false. Reddit has good coverage in some areas and bad coverage in other areas. There are a few places where it's gives you the absolute best coverage but, as a counterexample, if Reddit was your only source for news you might think America's #1 problem was an epidemic of false-rape complaints.
Reddit is about where Wikipedia was 5 years in, a sometimes great resource and at the same time a constant punchline about not being a great resource. It has the potential to grow into something as useful or moreso but the jury is still out.
This is just farcially false. Reddit has good coverage in some areas and bad coverage in other areas. There are a few places where it's gives you the absolute best coverage but, as a counterexample, if Reddit was your only source for news you might think America's #1 problem was an epidemic of false-rape complaints.
Reddit is about where Wikipedia was 5 years in, a sometimes great resource and at the same time a constant punchline about not being a great resource. It has the potential to grow into something as useful or moreso but the jury is still out.