> If this is all we expect of journalism in a Democracy Straw man. I didn't say that. It's not a maximum, but it is a minimum. Newspapers require money to ope

> If this is all we expect of journalism in a Democracy Straw man. I didn't say that. It's not a maximum, but it is a minimum. Newspapers require money to operate, and they're competing for attention in a capitalist economy. No attention. no money, no newspaper. In a democracy, you can't force-feed newspapers to the population. They voluntarily choose to read or not read. The "good news" is that many people in a democracy are interested in the hard truth. Nonetheless, it helps to package that along with softer marketing and entertainment.