David in D

Press One for News(paper) Emergency

There is a fundamentally deeper issue here that hasn't been addressed but has been popping up in a variety of industries for a while. The "unravelling of authority" in postmodern society. Newspapers have lost "authority" as being "professional news" providers not because of anything they have done (at least primarily), but because the means of production have been demoncratized (digitally).

When there is not union to preserve what constitutes "news" and everyone has the ability to "publish" your industry is doomed. You seem similar pressure being put on higher education, but up until now, accreditation standards (the union) have managed to dictate what is legitimate and what is not.