I am cringing when journalists write about their noble profession when frequently, they lose all critical distance and have become activists. 'Gawker began as

I am cringing when journalists write about their noble profession when frequently, they lose all critical distance and have become activists. 'Gawker began as a crusade to save journalism'. Sure. When even outlets which like to think of themselves as flag-bearers for critical journalism can barely go a week without severely misrepresenting content, I have little compassion left (example: Guardian calling the Google memo an 'anti-diversity' memo https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/08/google-fires-author-anti-diversity-memo https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/08/google-fi...). In recent months, I have felt that any HN discussion has more editorial integrity than even the 'best' newspapers. Users call each other out. Nobody seems to call each other out on substandard work in professional newsrooms. Only after the shitstorm passes, the same people who made it happen like to talk about how 'the media' overreacted.