The &quot;metrics lag&quot; you are describing is a kind of slack that occurs across industries. And, there is always someone who comes in, and often makes their career, by finding a new way to measure that is more precise or closer to real time-- basically they claim, &quot;if this strategy worked for us before then just speeding up the whole process will make it better&quot;. But this is often false. That slack in the system is what lazy people use to relax until they make a move or coast into retirement. But its also what smart and productive people use to do things that the system would not have allowed otherwise.<p>People should stop following particular sources and start following individuals- reporters they can trust to uncover lies, tell the truth, and hit the street looking for a new job when their paper becomes &quot;Rupert Murdoch&#x27;s The Wall Street Journal&quot; and &quot;The Washington Post brought to you by Jeff Bezos&quot;.<p>There are good individuals whose names we have to become familiar with, whose careers we should follow, and whose work we should read.<p>But if you do want to talk about individual sources, there are still good ones out there-- theintercept.com, propublica.org, financial times, smaller guys like www.tampabay.com and civilbeat.com