> We didn't lose news, what we lost was editorial oversight, basic ethics, fact checking, the pursuit of an objective voice, the resources to do good work, the

> We didn't lose news, what we lost was editorial oversight, basic ethics, fact checking, the pursuit of an objective voice, the resources to do good work, the courage to stand on principles, and so on If there was any of those in the press, ever, they wouldnt have lied about nonexistent WMDs for 8+ years. The entire privately owned 'free' press was just the corporate propaganda arm of the establishment. The illusion of 'quality' was there only because the 'editorial oversight' that you mention was keeping the 'undesirable' news out and 'desirable' ones in, creating a facade of consistency. The moment the Internet broke the blockade, things came crashing down within a span of years.