[Billthedrill]

We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well...

That's pretty telling. What she is lamenting is that they no longer "own" the facts - in truth, they never did. What they owned was trust, which they routinely betrayed.

[Widget Jr]

"What they owned was trust, which they routinely betrayed."

Well said.

[Bookshelf]

We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well... That ended in 1988 when a man named Rush Limbaugh first appeared on radio throughout the land.