> Newspapers are meant to be a source of accurate, current information on topics that are relevant to the continued health and progress of society. They never

> Newspapers are meant to be a source of accurate, current information on topics that are relevant to the continued health and progress of society. They never ever meant to be that. They always meant to do one thing and one thing only - influence opinions. So it's hard to figure out an honest way of paying for news, because that would mean paying for newspapers that advance your interests, but reach and try to influence other people with different interests. This is also the reason why bias is not really a problem, biased news is just news as they meant to be. You just call them biased when you don't like who is trying to influence you, but nevertheless influence is always there and is what news are about. In general big news publishers are bad for society, since they concentrate too much influence over significant parts of it.