There will be a point in time when we will have to have the discussion if journalism and media are an essential and important part of democracy (which is what they says over and over again), or the downfall of our society. Given that most media outlets have money as their primary incentive, and "playing nice" more as a protective shell, I am leaning towards the point of view that we need to find ways to let the public know that media isn't always good, and sometimes pure poison for our actual communities. Social media has made the problem more clear. However, conventional media are not immune to fueling outrage.