"The news" is an outdated concept and a vast majority of it could die off with no negative consequences. "The news" isn't journalism, journalism is about inves

"The news" is an outdated concept and a vast majority of it could die off with no negative consequences. "The news" isn't journalism, journalism is about investigation. "The news" also doesn't have a monopoly on Journalism. I receive a lot of journalism on the internet from places which are not in any way considered to be "the news". We say the problem is that they can't figure out how to profitable. This is nonsense. It isn't profitable because it mostly isn't providing any value so few people are willing to pay for it. If a majority of it died, people could find new ways to do things that do provide real value.