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We're almost back to how it was in the 18th century, when the printing press allowed pretty much anyone to print and distribute anything they wanted to - pamphleteering was the primary way knowledge and opinion was spread, and newspapers were owned and operated by single individuals, not giant corporations. It was this form of journalism that the American founding fathers were familiar with, and expected to be the watchdog of government, not the commercial journalism we're familiar with and sit bemoaning the death of.
Corporate-owned journalism is dying? Good! We'll be just fine without it, I'm sure. What model will take its place? I don't know, but it couldn't be any worse than what we have.
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