Sorry Matt. I was happy to leave your response as is. I think I was gearing up for a discussion about the old blogger versus mainstream media debate. I do see the value of a form of gatekeeper in the media model (that probably wouldn't work in a blogger system) in the sense of a party that pretty much does quality control on the content that emanates from mainstream media (in contrast to blogger/social media).

Quality content seems to be rare far too often so taking steps to protect and facilitate that content should be encouraged.