Like the music industry a decade or so ago, the news industry is now in a position where, rather than try and compete, they are going to blame their customers a

Like the music industry a decade or so ago, the news industry is now in a position where, rather than try and compete, they are going to blame their customers and their competitors for their own failings, and try and secure a special status whereby they get paid in perpetuity for doing nothing because of their supposed great importance to society.