This is a very nice summary of the today's state of news media. These structural problems (evolutionary in origin in my view) coupled with robust, all-encompass

This is a very nice summary of the today's state of news media. These structural problems (evolutionary in origin in my view) coupled with robust, all-encompassing and never ending surveillance are things we should be made more aware off as citizens. Is there a practical and reasonable way to diffuse or correct some of these maladies? What is the end state of this trend when our civic identities become entirely digital?