I love reading the newspaper (SF Chronicle, NYT, WSJ) with my morning cup of coffee. It's one of the few rituals I have that's sacrosanct. I certainly have a bias (I come from a journalism background) but I still think the traditional "gatekeepers" have an important role to play in the Marketplace of Ideas.
I'm keeping my eyes on House Bill 2054, which would exempt newspapers from anti-trust laws in order to compete with Facebook and Google for advertising.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfc...s-13745431.php
A world in which the primary news source is Facebook leads to deranged conspiracy freaks raiding pizza parlors.