Originally published at: We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out. - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and our fellow travelers. Particular fanaticisms often reflect when the believer’s heart first got broken by the Fourth Estate. Popular Satans have included “Craigslist,” “Hedge Funds,” “Fox News” and “the publishers who thought it was a good idea to put news on the internet…
It was Big Tech that killed journalism. It was big corporate media owners whose goals was money, not good journalism.
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