But electronic commerce will inevitably siphon off much of the advertising that has been supporting news gatherers without reinvesting that revenue in sophisticated journalism.
American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting – as society has, at much greater expense, for public education, healthcare, scientific advancement and cultural preservation, through varying combinations of philanthropy, subsidy and government policy.
The research method to investigate the efficiency of its implementation is centered on analysis of the secondary literature, strategies and official documents designed by the local government and private foundations in Detroit, as well as of supporting news reports.
Will you join me in not supporting news and media that is poisoning our culture and distracting our children from the values we cherish and believe in?
Equally repellent is the Mafia-like ecosystem supporting News of the World-style journalism, in which even the highest politicians feel that they will suffer grave personal consequences if they fail to feed the hungry monster.
