When media outlets screw up in some way, there's very little accountability. No serious mechanism to set the record straight. If we could strengthen the reliability of MSM (through regulation/accountability to enforce accuracy and good practice) I think that would make a big difference.
You’ll never get perfection tho. The problem is the vast majority of us don’t directly pay for most of the media we consume, or even slightly-directly fund it by shopping with known advertisers. That’s the thing that has changed and got worse.
I agree that's a problem also. The Internet has destroyed the traditional business model for news, making it much harder to fund the profession. But part of the problem is, how does the industry get people to pay for it? I think they need to offer higher standards to make it worth it.
Not necessarily. Governments can manufacture demand. They do it every day for education, healthcare, etc. They treat them as merit goods. open.substack.com/pub/pauliewa...