text: This is really the crux of the issue everywhere. News consumers are now expecting everything for free and without funding, how are good investigative reporters and reporting funded? That's how they end up going "on the cheap' and reprinting stories from elsewhere that aren't verified OR they end up being funded by rich people who are largely interested in running the news to push their point of view. Those really describe many if not most of the news outlets currently. We the consumers of news bear some responsibility for this situation.