> Of course journalism costs money. Absolutely. Journalism takes time. Good journalism takes a lot of time. I would agree that it takes very little time to pa

> Of course journalism costs money. Absolutely. Journalism takes time. Good journalism takes a lot of time. I would agree that it takes very little time to parrot LEO/Gov/Corp press releases. It takes much more time to vet that PR for accuracy, truthfulness and historical context - and then chase down all the rabbit holes that get turned up and compile enough info to craft an understandable story. It does suck that the first option gets chosen like 100-1 over the 2nd.