Copyright is a thing. When many newspapers and news sites have the exact same content, they're generally licensing it from a large news agency which actually wr

Copyright is a thing. When many newspapers and news sites have the exact same content, they're generally licensing it from a large news agency which actually wrote the story, it's not someone just illegally ripping off their paywalled content. On the other hand, if multiple sites can each write equivalent content, then there's nothing wrong with competition eliminating whomever is weakest - the more expensive (not free), the less viral (harder to share), etc.