> The problem is that journalists are getting caught in a vicious circle. Either they present true news and have little viewers, or present gossip or echo what

> The problem is that journalists are getting caught in a vicious circle. Either they present true news and have little viewers, or present gossip or echo what people want to hear and have lots of viewers. I think the problem lies in that the assumption that investigative journalism, of the kind that is vital to democracy, must be profitable. But why would that be the case? And if it cannot be profitable, should we not institute good journalism as a matter of public policy? In other words, let's return PBS and NPR to their former funding levels, when they could afford to have actual journalists and newsrooms and operate somewhat independently of the market. How to make people care about the truth is a matter for another discussion (and certainly not a problem in Facebook's charter).