What's a few crooked ex generals when the entire thing is so crowded with conflicted interests, media whores, advertisers shills, partisan mouthpieces, and spooks that there is no room left for actual journalists.

Our system is completely fubar in the fullest sense of the term.

I have no idea how this will resolve, but it will resolve only through major crisis and abject rejection by the public. Could go any way, including some very ugly ones. Interesting times to come.