3/4 Question

Fake news is starting to become a potential topic to look into. There’s always a person behind a fake article, and there must be a reason that they’re willing to compromise their integrity for their job. I keep coming back to Mc Millan Cottom’s “Education Gospel”, because I think it can be applied to a lot of other industries as well. A lot of people hate the idea of being attached to money. At the same time, “a good job” is the goal for most people. And with writing becoming more of a high stakes industry, this is forcing many journalists to write for the sake of the company rather than some lofty idea of truth. I remember a twitter thread from a long time ago that spoke on the corruption within the news industry, and how certain individuals would be forced to write things in order to keep their jobs (it was something about supporting due process).
To what extent, are reporters forced to sacrifice their integrity for the sake of surviving within the news industry? Are there differences between a local news outlet vs a national one?
I’d probably do two interviews, one with a local news reporter, the other hopefully with a national news reporter. I’d also like to look into their articles and compare the two. I have no idea what an observation would look like, but that might be pretty insightful.