The fourth estate has failed the people miserably. They've been turned from an entity who keeps the government checked/balanced into slithering tentacles for propaganda of the powers that be.

To be fair, you can't completely blame the journalists because at the end of the day they are just people like you and me who went to school, took on massive financial debt, struggled to find a job, bought a house, financed a car, feed their kids, and hope for some level of security in their lives. By the time they actually get into a position where they can make a difference they are so woven and crushed into the system of financial and social servitude, they find themselves serving their masters only so they can keep a roof over their house and their children and extended family comfortable and with a modicum of happiness. They get swallowed like the rest of us.

Now, having said that... There is nothing barring any journalist with a shred of decency from anonymously participating in PG8 investigations. Their expertise and networks could launch this thing far further forward and any of us individually could do. An anon journalist could start an anonymous blog, or YouTube channel and bring their skills to a medium they are skilled at. There is nothing preventing a journalist from leaking critical information here, or on a chan, or to wikileaks that would show how corrupt and twisted the media environment is, or what leads they have which are prevented from releasing on MSM formats.

Instead of being slithering failures any journalist could follow their conscience and step away from the boa constrictor of servitude.