I've thought about this too. I agree with you. Another angle is that "real journalism" is fiction. Stronger than "people don't want it" is that it doesn't even

I've thought about this too. I agree with you. Another angle is that "real journalism" is fiction. Stronger than "people don't want it" is that it doesn't even exist. Suppose Zuck, Musk, Gates, Bezos, and Bloomberg pooled their cash, with matching funds from Uncle Sam, into a blind trust to fund "real journalism." What then?