Answer:
the diversity of viewpoints represented and the lack of corporate bias present
Explanation:
In resent times, the mainstream news have been becoming more and more biased, often leaning to some political ideology and party, or working in the interest of some corporations. This has led to very low level reporting, often misrepresented on purpose, and false news in order to achieve some agenda. The viewers have gradually noticed what is going on so the mainstream news have been losing on popularity dramatically. That led to much bigger popularity of independent news reporting, as there isn't political agenda behind it, nor some corporation's interests, so the reporting in much more realistic to what is actually going on.