"At this point I realized why people get paid at newspapers: it takes time and money to investigate things."

Umm yeah! I never understood how people get all up in arms when newspapers have decided relying in advertising isn't going to pay for good, local, investigative journalism. Personally, I have lost interest in most local papers because I can get the national, international stories from other places, including the source of the story. I keep paying for a copy of the Economist because every edition is worth it.