when journalism is a business, stuff like this happens...

And it's always been a business.

but there's also state funded journalism, so they are not forced to do whats commercially viable

And then it's a business that is funded by political patronage.

okay so the police is a business too? Just like private security firms?

They deliver what readers what.

That would imply that the readers are the customers.

They are in a business relationship.

Just like Knight Rider and Matlock had to deliver enough entertainment to keep you from switching channels and instead have you watch the next beer ad.

> I love my own personality and humanity, my soul if you will, but nobody's paying me for it, and so I have to value it accordingly.

Don't let capitalism do this to you. Not everything with value is paid in this system, only things which make the buyer more money.