…re out-of-touch with the mission that Mic is supposed to embody. I find both charges to have merit, yet also find myself puzzled over why Mic‘s case is presented as exceptional, given that the conditions there are also the conditions for so much of digital media. Critical pieces have been run on places like MTV News and Bustle based on a similar premise. But I…On Mic.com and Minority Life in Startup Media1.4KMeredith TalusanAmy VernonFollowAug 29, 2017 · 1 min readSo, so, true. It’s been the case in journalism for a very long time. They are not at all unusual in this.