They're definitely not judging the internet like a media publication; for the most part, they're quite happy to defend almost anything their fellow publications

They're definitely not judging the internet like a media publication; for the most part, they're quite happy to defend almost anything their fellow publications do. They're treating it like a dangerous new threat that's not part of their clique and is eating directly into their profit margins. Compare, for example, how they cover Google and Facebook's compliance with the GDPR and abuse of personal data with how they cover publications doing the same. For instance Fortune and Forbes are doing some heiniously noncompliant stuff in order to ensure they can use people's personal info for profit, but this doesn't seem to be getting any coverage. In order to view this very article, you must go through a forced-consent wall of the very kind the GDPR forbids.