For the past couple of years we have had these arguments about how hard it is for quality journalism to get paid today. Some argued that people will eventually

For the past couple of years we have had these arguments about how hard it is for quality journalism to get paid today. Some argued that people will eventually pay for online newspapers. Others replied that there will always be free news somewhere, and they will find new sites as paywalls go up. Now we know what happened. There is plenty of free news out there, but with zero fact-checking and often deliberate lies. Meanwhile the established new sources have lost income, and are cutting corners. You would think that people would eventually congregate to trusted brands, like buying Coca-Cola because you know it wont poison you. But, news brands can be held responsible for their faults, while social media people can pump out a constant stream of lies and never answer to anyone.