If journalists want less slop media then maybe they shouldn't go around having their identities stolen by scammers producing fraudulent articles pretending to b

If journalists want less slop media then maybe they shouldn't go around having their identities stolen by scammers producing fraudulent articles pretending to be from a legitimate news source. What you're complaining about is that real journalism costs money to produce, but fake journalism via AI is vastly cheaper, so really it's the journalists' fault for having to pay bills and eat food. The journalists "perform worse" because they have to get paid, and because they're writing articles to be truthful and enlightening rather than appeal to SEO algorithms. What a disgusting and useless take.