I guess if you don&#x27;t pay for the journalism, you shouldn&#x27;t expect them to provide services like &quot;not being a propaganda mouthpiece&quot;.<p>Not trying to single out TechCrunch; it&#x27;s a major public goods problem that was solved pre-internet by the difficulty of copying newspapers, so companies could profit by doing thorough research and fact-checking.  I hope they solve it by some kind of &quot;one payment, all-you-can-eat, payout-in-proportion-to-views&quot; system.