"In fact, Canadians hold journalists in high esteem, viewing them as indispensable guardians of democracy, protectors of rights and watchdogs over corruption."

What a complete load of rubbish.  Journalists, with rare exceptions, have gathered into partisan camps where they reproduce vapid press releases and slanted analysis.  Their world has become eyeball obsessed, and their content has become as degraded as main stream television - all ads, no meaningful value added.

There are circumstances where economic decline is warranted.  I pay directly for meaningful content outside of the MSM and am quite pleased with what I get.  That's money for a service the Globe gave up 10 years ago, when Greenspon took over as editor-in-chief.