The Cost of Truth in Watch Media

A response to aBlogtoWatch and Remontoir on media funding, incentive structures, and why the fragmented mess we have might be the best we can do.

A couple of days ago I read two essays about watch media. The first was Ariel Adams’ piece on aBlogtoWatch, “The Cost of Truth: The Case for Institutional Guardianship in Watch Media.” The second was a reaction to Ariel’s essay by Remontoir, “Stop Complaining About the Death of Watch Media - And Do Something About It!” If you’ve been reading SDC for a l…