I think the unfortunate assumption fact is that intentions and especially original intentions don't really matter with how much they drift. Newspapers really m

I think the unfortunate assumption fact is that intentions and especially original intentions don't really matter with how much they drift. Newspapers really mostly cost time - it is just that people can't spare the time - much less with the relevant abilities. I am not sure if there is one without problems in some way. Even independent funding can always be corrupted. I sadly must question the historic effectiveness of the newspapers at the first goal. In the past they were really /even worse/. Kent State was initially greeted with a "the damn kids had it coming" reaction and the Winter Soldier testimonies of War Crimes committed or witnessed in Vietnam were outright ignored on the east coast. We remember Woodward and Bernstein well for their role in the Pentagon Papers but they were outliers and even they relied upon covert betrayals showing the ineffectiveness of the news institutions at being effective oversight under those circumstances when there was an entire additional secret and illegal undeclared war in Cambodia. Internet reporting can be better at least for breaking big stories as anyone can post bombshells - but anyone can also post absolute crap.