If you have something important to say, don't say it in a paywalled publication
Journalism costs money and I am willing to, and do pay for it.
Ivestigative journalism costs even more.
Yet it is critical for the existence of a democracy."First, if you want reliable information – pay good money for it. If you get your news for free, you might well be the product. Suppose a shady billionaire offered you the following deal: ‘I will pay you $30 a month, and in exchange, you will allow me to brainwash you for an hour every day, installing in your mind whichever political and commercial biases I want.’ Would you take the deal? Few sane people would. So the shady billionaire offers a slightly different deal: ‘You will allow me to brainwash you for one hour every day, and in exchange, I will not charge you anything for this service.’ Now the deal suddenly sounds tempting to hundreds of millions of people. Don’t follow their example."21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariIn my opinion, the business press WSJ, and Finacial Times (both expensive) are among the best places for news. Both try hard to be accurate. A lot of rich people read them and make decisions because of information. If it is not accurate that is a real problem.  (I am here excluding the editorial pages of the WSJ which exists on an entirely different planet).It also has the added benefit for me of much less nonsense. 
Sports, celebrity gossip, and all the fluff that takes up way to much space in many news publications.