I agree that advertising revenue is not an immediate driving force, something like “justifying the use of power by those in power” is much closer to it and advertising revenue flows downstream from that (because those who are attracted to power read the Times).
I loved the rest of Viliam’s comment though, it’s very well written and the idea of the eigen-opinion and being constrained by the size of your audience is very interesting.
I agree that advertising revenue is not an immediate driving force, something like “justifying the use of power by those in power” is much closer to it and advertising revenue flows downstream from that (because those who are attracted to power read the Times).
I loved the rest of Viliam’s comment though, it’s very well written and the idea of the eigen-opinion and being constrained by the size of your audience is very interesting.