Yes, if the readership's sensibilities are catered to until everyone involved dies of boredom. Yes, if nationwide daily newspapers, on paper or digital, produce content that is increasingly uniform, pulpy, without edges or contradictions, in the sense of entropy. The granulation of journalism, so to speak, its pulverization into an instant mix. Quickly prepared, quickly consumed, quickly forgotten.
No, when he remembers that on an philippines rcs data expedition you never know exactly where it will take you. No, reality again in all its colorful contradictions, in its fascinating variety, in its strangeness and yet closeness, in its randomness, improbability, full of surprises, full of humanity, full of inhumanity. Uncertainty, but gaining knowledge, what could be more beautiful.
A readership that could punish such uncertainty by withdrawing its love - or by quitting - is unfortunately the smaller problem. The bigger problem is that reporters need to learn how to write truthfully again. How to stop being a know-it-all and confirming the readers' prejudices and instead serving up something that is nicely frothy but empty. Instead, they need to use brainpower and technical skills to make the reader happy, with an interestingly condensed attempt to depict reality. Neither appropriate quotes nor descriptions that confirm prejudices should be used. Not many journalists can do that anymore.