Hypocrisy aside, news publications also have significant incentive to go after Facebook because Facebook has become their biggest competitor for attention. You

Hypocrisy aside, news publications also have significant incentive to go after Facebook because Facebook has become their biggest competitor for attention. You don't need to visit NYT or WaPo for news if your social circle keeps you up to date on the issues you care about. The substitution of real investigative journalism for unverified word-of-mouth stories via acquaintance is definitely something we should be concerned about as a society, but it's also important to recognize that there are significant profit motives at play that should also be examined.