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by Broken_Hippo 3353 days ago
Unfortunately, the world we live in requires some money to have professional journalism. Even if these folks were non-profit, they'd still need some money to get by and do the stuff (pay reporters, curate a website, print physical newspapers, and so on).

They have to play to survive. Sure, this could be fixed in a myriad of ways, each having their own set of issues, but most of us aren't in a position to do that.