i can almost see and hear the derisive and personal sneer on your face as you typed "community organizer". that one has been covered many times over by now, you;re not fooling anyone with your "euphemism".
I would say that the 4th estate has definitely been Co-opted.
All the "Real" journalists have fled the country, been demonized or disappeared or are currently being disposed of in some way. Whistle-blowers in this country do not have any real protections, whistle-blower laws are only in place as window dressing. The only reason Ed Snowden's revelations ever got out to the public was because he knew what would happen to him if he stayed.