> Journalists should have the incentives to expose the scams
I agree. But the incentives are gone. A huge portion of the investigative journalism industry died when hard copy newspapers died. A lot of those journalists now work for private industry doing competitive intelligence. They need to pay their mortgage just like software developers do. Very few people pay for hard core journalism now (ads by their nature mainly pay for clickbait, and even then the 'journalist' sees very little of the income)
I agree. But the incentives are gone. A huge portion of the investigative journalism industry died when hard copy newspapers died. A lot of those journalists now work for private industry doing competitive intelligence. They need to pay their mortgage just like software developers do. Very few people pay for hard core journalism now (ads by their nature mainly pay for clickbait, and even then the 'journalist' sees very little of the income)