That's like blaming the grunts flipping burgers for McDonald's terrible food. Policymakers, owners, publishers, and even editors are to blame for the enshittif

That's like blaming the grunts flipping burgers for McDonald's terrible food. Policymakers, owners, publishers, and even editors are to blame for the enshittification of our Fourth Estate. For a primer: 1/2 of the "Fit To Print" documentary details how corporate raider Neuharth started the "infotainment" doom loop with USA Today in 1982. (The other 1/2 shows the hero's journey of one person still doing investigative journalism, at great personal expense and sacrifice.) TLDR: Neuharth guaranteed Wall St 15% returns, achieved by gutting newsrooms and labor. This forced the competition to follow suit, to appease their own investors. There are many other villains. Reagan Admin ended the Fairness Doctrine. Clinton Admin encouraged consolidation, thereby destroying local media. Etc, etc. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/fit-to-print https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/fit-to-print https://tubitv.com/movies/682467/fit-to-print https://tubitv.com/movies/682467/fit-to-print https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2721376/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2721376/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Neuharth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Neuharth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today