I think there is a lot of truth to this. Traditional Media have experienced dramatic decline at the hands of Social Media as well as Search like Google News.

I think there is a lot of truth to this. Traditional Media have experienced dramatic decline at the hands of Social Media as well as Search like Google News. They are no longer in the drivers' seat and don't like it one bit. That said, one funnel is being replaced by another. It's not distributed. And, there is no way that governments have not noticed this and did not see the day coming when they couldn't just call the editor for favors. Governments, no doubt, are using social media for their own ends. Both foreign and domestic are leveraging social media to influence the population. They both believe, they cannot leave destiny to ourselves, but must insert themselves in it for our own good. That's tragic.