"Journalism was once thought of as a separate estate which played by a modified set of rules"

Oh ya? when was that?

"Edward Murrow" who?

This sounds like another case of, "Oh whaaaa... things were so much better in MY day..." ???

My answer to that is, "Welcom to MY day..." Or rather it used to be... ever since I passed 30, I've dealt with the idea that it's not even MY day any more...

I am no longer the target audience...