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@danielbowmaniel @ianhecht @StillIRise1963

If I may add?

Journalism as a field has always striven toward some sort of integrity and purity.

As businesses however, news outlets that hire them have likewise always striven to target an audience or a culture and shape their product to appeal to them. Or manipulate them, the line is often a blur. See: WWII, Cold War, pre-war capitalists vs socialists, North vs South states, and so on.

Alden Global Capital alone has bought over 600 newspapers across the USA over the last 20 years. First thing they do is fire the newsrooms, sell the real estate (possibly to a sub company so they charge rent to themselves) leverage the paper with debt and just leave it on the life support of long time subscribers and advertisers. Oh, and they donate heavily to GOP causes and candidates.

Journalism never did "fall apart", it was the owners of the news corporations intentionally tearing down the platforms.