Newsroom was a pretty awesome show about the dichotomy between monetizing entertainment and authentic journalism. I don't know whether people would pay for true

Newsroom was a pretty awesome show about the dichotomy between monetizing entertainment and authentic journalism. I don't know whether people would pay for true journalism, for several reasons that are outside scope, but one seems to be perception of quality. Bloggers, tabloids, social media and news organizations all produce content. There seems to be a race to the center of sorts, where most stories are blogspam or resummaries of reuters line notes. I think the perception is that most stories are sort of commodities and the first free link you find is as good as the next is as good as the paid link. It is REALLY hard to monetize content these days.