[blahblahblogger]

Journalism, "the 4th estate", in the past was used to go after the powerful but it has recently become the power.

It's a concerning change and I don't see it getting better. Maybe it's "corporate journalism" that is problematic.

[roenxi]

There was never a time when journalists challenged "the powerful" as a collective. They challenged the powerful enemies of their powerful employer.

The difference is now we have better information infrastructure and they can't make things that are disagreeable quietly disappear [0] so easily. The disappearing news story isn't a new act; what is new is now the story can linger despite that.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50296742