Journalism, &quot;the press&quot;, isn&#x27;t used to being called out.  They used to be the ones beyond reproach, the defenders of the faith.<p>Now, struggling for readership and revenue &#x2F;income, they have been riding the coattails of watered down investigative reporting with a flash of click-bait and &quot;social mood&quot;.  That&#x27;s to say they aren&#x27;t following an immutable compass but rather the vagaries of the day, hoping one of those spaghetti strands sticks one day and saves them.<p>They are too often chasing acceptance in hopes this will drive up revenues.<p>I&#x27;m not sure they ever were the fourth estate, but certainly now with their self interested survival on the line, they don&#x27;t even try to fake it any more.