Yes for TV news. Not for every kind of news. Some outlets are having a good crisis. In the UK the Daily Telegraph is giving back the government furlough/suppor

Yes for TV news. Not for every kind of news. Some outlets are having a good crisis. In the UK the Daily Telegraph is giving back the government furlough/support money as it doesn't need it. So is The Spectator. Interestingly these are the right wing newspapers. Why give up free money? Because the government really needs it but the newspapers don't, given that they are profitable and subscriptions have been rising, not falling. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-statement-from-the-chairman-of-the-spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-statement-from-the-cha... The Daily Telegraph has doubled subscriptions in March alone.