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# ‘The Messenger’ Implosion Once Again Shows The Real Problem With U.S. Journalism Is Shitty Management By Visionless, Fail-Upward Brunchlords
- URL: https://werd.io/the-messenger-implosion-once-again-shows-the-real-problem-with/
- Published: 2024-02-03T17:05:53.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-03T17:05:53.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

"If you’ve spent any time in journalism, it’s completely wild to think about what a small team of smart, hungry journalists and editors could do with $50 million. It’s enough to staff a team of hard-nosed ProPublica-esque journalists for the better part of the next decade."

While we're here, might I suggest donating to ProPublica so those hard-nosed journalists can stick around to do exactly that? [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/02/the-messenger-implosion-once-again-shows-the-real-problem-with-u-s-journalism-is-shitty-management-by-visionless-fail-upward-brunchlords/)\]