We technically do, but its behind a Substack/Youtube premium paywall. Its individual reporters going out and reporting on stories but needing people to cover their costs. Only people who can afford to support them do so and in a way they are paying for that journalism so they can have it.

I suspect this is coming for many thing that AI will automate. In the future rich people will have human performers performing for them only while everyone else has to make do with AI generated slop.

So true. Disclaimer, I haven't lived there full time since 2006, but back then one of my points of pride about living in Australia was the idea that you could go to the pub with people of opposite political/social persuasions and have a positive/light/good natured talk, debate, argument about them with such things over some beers.

Here in the US, now though? There are huge swathes of people who will say, with all seriousness, "I'd rather be dead than be friends with a liberal/etc." It's so polarized. Not just teasing/smart ass as outright abusive labeling.