The fourth chapter of What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth is now available.

This chapter walks through the moment the “new normal” began — lockdowns, mandates, contradictions, and the widening divide between what we were told and what we saw with our own eyes. 2020 didn’t arrive with fanfare, but it didn’t take long for the world to shift under our feet.

January and February still felt normal. I watched FOX Business less, and more YouTube with the growing constellation of independent creators I’d discovered over the previous few years. 

Then March hit…

👉 Read Chapter 4: The Pandemic Divide Full Chapter

The next chapter of What Was Meant For Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth is officially out.
This one marks an independent shift—not just in what I watched, but in how I thought.

From FOX to YouTube.
From headlines to frameworks.
From institutions to individuals.

This chapter walks through the cultural chaos of 2016–2020—#MeToo, media‑framed events, shootings, censorship, the rise of independent creators, and the moment I realized the old media map no longer made sense.

It’s the story of how I found voices who didn’t pretend, didn’t hide their biases, and didn’t claim to be authorities. They were honest about their imperfections, and that honesty mattered.

👉 Read Chapter 3: The Independent Shift Full Chapter