I think it's because anyone can research for themselves today that there is very little scarcity value to the majority of what journalism does. Therefore journa

I think it's because anyone can research for themselves today that there is very little scarcity value to the majority of what journalism does. Therefore journalism has morphed into media, trying to attract eyeballs with opinion pieces and outrage. Yes, I know that deep investigative work is not something people can do as well as dedicated journalists with large budgets. But that's such a tiny minority of what journalism was before the internet, and it was being subsidized by the rest. It's an unfortunate victim of the business model collapse.