I would like to see some evidence before I buy this conspiracy theory. If anything, I feel like legacy media is too lazy and entrenched to even consider this
So lazy that they successfully lobbied governments to ruin their relation with big tech companies like facebook, google etc
To give newspapers 100s of millions of free money just for the “privilege” of linking to their article, a “link tax”.
They are lazy about reporting news without a bias, but they are perfectly active when it comes to lobbying.
Legacy media are indeed lazy and stupid, but all that's stopping them is the Australian parliament, who are lazier and stupider.