[dexen]

>Much of the problems we see today are because the news media largely became unprofitable.

Close, but not quite there. Much of the problems we see today are because the news media are financed through marketing & PR spend.

This makes the media's Overton Window somewhat limited to what is a good side-dish to marketing & PR. Among other concerns, this causes all content to skew towards middle-class, college-educated middle manager viwepoint. That's not exactly a recipe for a great society. And that leaves many segments of the readership underserved.