> Advertising is how journalism has worked since journalism first started That is a fair point. Maybe where it went off the rails is when we (collectively) we

> Advertising is how journalism has worked since journalism first started That is a fair point. Maybe where it went off the rails is when we (collectively) were able to tie attention directly to the stories, and optimize for that. An old school newspaper has a much looser connection between subscriber behavior and advertising choices. > editorial–advertising firewall This is a mechanism I am not familiar with, thanks for mentioning it. Now I need to go learn something new!