"It’s well known that people are getting news from sources like short-form video, topical newsletters, social media, and curated podcasts, and many are avoiding the news entirely. In line with those trends, just 2% of queries on Google Search are news-related. Nevertheless, we want to continue making targeted contributions to the news ecosystem to help news publishers navigate this inflection point."
Google acknowledges they had a part to play in causing the collapse of journalism but has no solutions to offer.
People aren't consuming news, and when they do they choose the least accurate, most entertaining sources for it. Newspapers and local broadcasters are suffering because the public has lost the will or the capacity to focus. When will we start seeing white box Surgeon General warnings on Tiktok and Youtube that remind the user prolonged exposure can cause serious mental health issues? [1] Where's the DARE school-visit campaigns to remind kids that broadcast news is free over the air and their parents are chumps for paying streaming services' subscription fees?
[1]: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/23/surgeon-general-is...