I feel that the current state of the banana plant is a worth metaphor for the state of some of journalistic sources and things we may want to be wary of.

Banana Backstory: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/banana-fungus-latin-america-threatening-future/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/opinion/liberal-college-administrators.html

https://theintercept.com/2018/05/06/newsroom-diversity-new-york-times-wall-street-journal/

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