Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I’m not sure it’s possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there’s ever been journalism at any scale that hasn’t been mainly horseshit.
Independent journalism has evolved over the centuries from pamphleteers to scandal sheets to idiot bloggers and influencers. At every stage, there has been some good journalism, but also at every stage, 90% has been crap. I’m not sure it’s possible to quantify how journalistic integrity scales with the size of the organization employing them, but I sincerely doubt that there’s ever been journalism at any scale that hasn’t been mainly horseshit.