Except that parents offload their responsabilities
Well that is the crux of it. They actually can't offload their responsibilities, no more than the Government can give birth to their children. But how to have parents act like parents? There is the real problem. If there was a solution I'm sure we would have heard about it by now.
Real journalism matters. Whether it's Robert Fisk, Jeremy Bowen or Rania Abouzeid, the story's the same - these people go in to hellholes and risk their lives to get the news out. Your advertising from your blog won't even pay for the flak jacket.
With this I would agree with you entirely. My only point is that most newspapers are not doing what you describe - they are simply cut and paste from Reuters. The people you mentioned I haven't even heard of before to be honest, and the signal to noise ratio in modern news is so great that most people just turn it off. The fact is that real journalism does not imply a profit margin, and in fact usually works against it (no dangerous occupation is cheap). Since news is now a business, real journalism becomes rare and rare and it becomes rather entertainment instead as that is easier to sell. I would gladly be proven wrong, as information on what is going on is very important.
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