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Maybe news isn't sustainable in the long run anyway. Independent journalists (who CAN survive on 50k-150k in ad revenue) are the future.

How? They'll be crushed like bugs by the first lawsuit that comes along.

The only way they'd survive is by producing fawning, uncritical reports, like almost every interview done with movie stars.

As long as the courts are fair, there's no problem here.

Lawsuits cost money. There's nothing but problems here. You're asking them to go bankrupt.