>To believe this, one must believe that journalism exists only as a happy byproduct of the advertising business that supported newspapers throughout the 20th ce

>To believe this, one must believe that journalism exists only as a happy byproduct of the advertising business that supported newspapers throughout the 20th century - that journalism does not exist as an independent good. This is a rather positive view of journalism. Are you a journalist? The approval rate of the journalism industry in the United States right now is at all-time lows https://www.knightfoundation.org/reports/indicators-of-news-media-trust https://www.knightfoundation.org/reports/indicators-of-news-...