From the linked blog post:

1. They want to write stories
2. They are on a mission to fix the world – objectivity not required
3. They want to be famous

Very, very few people went into media because they loved the idea of reporting the news or honoured the role of informing the public. They either wanted to shape public discourse, or they were willing to say just about anything if it had a chance of making them famous.

It wasn’t about the news.

It was almost never about the news.

Read the whole thing: Why I Left Journalism School – by Holly MathNerd