I slightly disagree that “producing most of what there is to read requires money”. Yes most writing is made for profit, but the very best writing I is often made because the author needs to say it, not because they expect compensation. Definitely need to look at evidence on this, though.
If bad writing is helped more than good writing by ad revenue, then it’s less clear that advertising is good.
Yes journalism does some useful research, but on the average newspaper frontpage you see 0 remotely useful research. The amount of money spent by newspapers isn’t at all in proportion to the amount of research being done
I slightly disagree that “producing most of what there is to read requires money”. Yes most writing is made for profit, but the very best writing I is often made because the author needs to say it, not because they expect compensation. Definitely need to look at evidence on this, though.
If bad writing is helped more than good writing by ad revenue, then it’s less clear that advertising is good.
I think journalism is a good example here? Very few people can afford to self-fund that kind of research
Yes journalism does some useful research, but on the average newspaper frontpage you see 0 remotely useful research. The amount of money spent by newspapers isn’t at all in proportion to the amount of research being done