By the description of "journalists" that Brett uses in this column, neither he nor the legacy media actually fit that definition lol.  He must be describing real journalists like Glenn Greenwald and Seymour Hersch lol.  

"No. 1 – and above all else – journalists seek truth. Before the trolls start rolling out Jayson Blair and Judith Miller, I recommend we don’t judge journalists by the worst of them, just as we wouldn’t judge any other profession from that perspective."

I agree, let's judge the average.  If you or the NYT or WaPo are representative of the average journalist, then I think it's fair to say that the public probably shouldn't trust the things that "journalists" say.  That is, if you call yourself journalists.  Most of us would not confuse the legacy media and their fake news with journalism.  

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/12/12/new-york-times-hires-fake-journalist-during-crusade-against-fake-news/