Reminiscent of dumping on the Washington Post because Bezos.

As things have turned out, I don’t think that’s misguided.

The reason that quality independent journalism is so hard to find is that nobody much is paying for it. Including you, probably.

There are several interrelated reasons: Lack of funding (in part due to a lack of an advertising subsidy, which is a good thing), lack of visibility, lack of readership recognizing the value of independent journalism.

The crucial thing is that with everyone who does recognize its value—and the harm caused by a corporate-dominated media landscape—and who therefor starts to make a conscious effort to read independent sources more often, point others to them and support them financially (which I do, for the record), those issues improve in tandem.