To reductio ad absurdum, without the advertisers there'd be no journalists. The problem remains that with the advertisers, there cannot be journalism. Little

To reductio ad absurdum, without the advertisers there'd be no journalists. The problem remains that with the advertisers, there cannot be journalism. Little distinguishes much of american mass-media 'journalism' from a ChatGPT precis of a Press Release or Reuters/AP wire. What does is generally in the form of an Op-Ed, and is generally at the behest or bias of a billionaire or their lobbying proxy. In 2024 this has gotten to the point where America's Largest Newspaper chain will not endorse a presidential candidate out of fear. That's 200+ separate publications. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/29/media/usa-today-gannett-newspapers-endorsement-president/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/29/media/usa-today-gannett-n... Both the advertisers and the journalists rely on the Tech Employees as their core dependency for distribution and scaling factor, and are weighted in compensation accordingly. Much as it ever was - the people selling adspace and doing the logistics of distribution always made more than the people writing copy or typesetting.