[…] news isn’t a commodity, but a “public good”—something that benefits everyone and,
in the economic sense, something whose value doesn’t diminish no matter how many people use it (and whether they pay for it or not). Framing the news as a commodity and ultra-abundant makes it easier to give away. It also suggests a lack of understanding of what it takes to produce great beat reporting, let alone accountability journalism.
— Dean Starkman, editor de la columna The Audit a Columbia Journalism Review.
(Source: cjr.org)
