The problem with journalism is not access

Ooops Matthew,

The problem is not access.  As you so rightly note, access is at once free and ubiquitous.

The journalism issue is overwhelm.  Meaning has been destroyed in a tsunami of opinion masquerading as reporting.  The ruination of old-school journalism was CNN.  The 24-hr news cycle, not the death of newspapers, is what turned an edifice into a slum.

There is no glory in a slum, no matter its size. Indeed, the bigger it gets, the worse the plight of everyone there.

Trade, not self reliance, is the path to betterment.  Check out Matt Ridley, who famously noted, ‘Self reliance is poverty.’  That is surely the case with journalism, and more to the point, the task of finding the needle of meaning in a haystack of reporting.  Click Here for article.