>As journalists, we all view this as a horrifying assault on the public’s right to know, and on our own status as brave defenders of the public good. And that is all true, for what it’s worth. But this is about power. We need to take some back, lest the rich and powerful run away from one of the last forces restraining them.

It's interesting that they seem to consider themselves the only ones with pure hearts.

I'm not sure why I should assume their hearts are so pure. Or if I assume their hearts are pure, why not Elon Musk's (mentioned in the article)?

I do appreciate the role of the news media in creating a multi-polar rather than uni-polar world. But man, they really do think highly of themselves.

I don't know how you could write all this realpolitik stuff, and still think you yourself are immune to it (outside of solipsism).