Gen Z’s Media Literacy Is Dying. It’s Instagram’s Fault.0

• Featured, Culture, Entertainment, Politics, Western Civilization
• November 4, 2025

After my sophomore year of college, I interned with USA Today Opinion as a fact-checker. The work was tedious, albeit satisfying; I spent hours poring over news sites, scanning through scientific and demographic studies, and running plagiarism checkers to ensure that every claim in the opinion column was backed by legitimate and trustworthy sources. I