One reader's truths are the next reader's debunked misinformation. The next reader's sacred news outlet is a propaganda outlet for someone else. I know people

One reader's truths are the next reader's debunked misinformation. The next reader's sacred news outlet is a propaganda outlet for someone else. I know people like their favorite news outlets. They'll swear by the legitimacy of the reportage. Others dispute the same. Why bother disputing it here? Everyone has an opinion. Many will share their thoughts for free online. The value add of journalism isn't there anymore. I can click through to vapid takes all day. Few readers have the attention span to consume more than a paragraph at most. Pulitzer was a tabloid publisher, political activist and later politician. Who really cares about these awards? It isn't a sports league play-off or a golden cup. It is an appeal to authority. Muckraking has never been cheaper to achieve or consume. Inflammatory content has always grabbed eyeballs. Now those eyeballs have even more inflammatory, muckraking, outrage inducing content pursuing them. If trends continue, soap-boxers will need to pay their audience. Meanwhile traditional journalists are locking themselves behind paywalls, auto-play videos, and 20mb page weights. If you've read this far, please invoice me for 2 cents.