Real investigative journalism is expensive. To check your facts and avoid being led astray by cranks or disinformationists (professional cranks) requires someth

Real investigative journalism is expensive. To check your facts and avoid being led astray by cranks or disinformationists (professional cranks) requires something akin to a private intelligence agency. As long as nobody pays for news, there is zero incentive for anyone to invest that kind of money. You get what you pay for. Pay nothing for news and get nothing but reprints of press releases.