Well, I agree for the notion of the big-name bought and paid for types like the legacy media. I think snuffing out the notion of journalism completely would either put dissemination of information into the hands of the government (very bad) or would make it a giant game of telephone, like it practically is now seeing as we have to learn about shit from word of mouth and video recordings over what these news anchors tell us - better but not ideal.

The Washington Post's motto, as much as I hate them: "Democracy Dies in Darkness." is actually pretty legit when you think about it. Problem is WaPo and all of these other big media outlets are utterly compromised.

So no, eliminating the profession of journalism is silly. Free people have a right to unbiased and objective information, our journalistic institutions are failing us at providing that. We need to fix journalism and bring back its integrity, and there are plenty of small, independent journalists and organizations trying to do just that.