With a few exceptions, I learn more from user comments on sites like this than I do from today's "journalism". Turns out, people willing to spout random ideas

With a few exceptions, I learn more from user comments on sites like this than I do from today's "journalism". Turns out, people willing to spout random ideas on a topic are not in especially short supply and 99% of them are willing to do it for free. The best part is, these free users usually get right to the point. Long form and investigative journalism need to be funded but the kind of information I find junk articles on the homepage of CNN or Fox is usually better hashed out (and much less biased) in the comments section than reading an article. In a sentence, most media doesn't have much value-add. Even less so if I have to click through 6 ads and be exposed to malware to see it.