This is problematic - as it suggests that journalists act with honest and absolute neutrality. The emergence of social media has seen investigative journalism morph into something akin to political propaganda - take a look at GEN and ask, does this reflect the real world? Or has it been written for, curated by and distributed to a specific subset of society?

Whilst I think the role of a free press is vital to functioning democracy - there's some culpability here. I have some sympathy with people who are also trying to do their jobs under difficult circumstances knowing that even the slightest mistake or off-hand comment can be turned into a social media inflagration of epic proportions.

There is a difference between 'public interest' and what the public are interested in. When journalists make the stories because the public are interested in them.... ie, people not conforming to identity politics ideology then they run the risk of becoming redundant. They are no longer the bastions of free speech, they are political activists. The line is becoming blurred.

Having said that - I think this article is excellent and curtailing the press is an issue that requires careful scrutiny - by lawmakers, the public and journalists themselves.