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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by ethbro on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:26PM (#23120230)
The news media isn't funded to do that sort of journalism anymore.

It was always a loss-making enterprise, even with centralized distribution.

24 hour news cycles and internet competition isn't a good recipe for in-depth, long-pursuit journalism.

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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by chii on Friday May 08, 2020 @11:16PM (#23121924)
> isn't funded

conveniently leaving out that those doing the funding aren't the viewers but advertisers (for most media companies).

If the funding came from viewers - who pay for quality, informative and unbiased journalism, there would be more of it. But people don't want to pay.

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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by ethbro on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:28AM (#23122326)
> viewers - who pay for quality, informative and unbiased journalism

I feel like this was never a majority of the viewer or readership.

Instead, in an era of scarcity, BDFLs were able to choose this for them.

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