TMZ and the State of Reporting

In some respects, TMZ, which first appeared in December 2005, represented a throwback to earlier journalism, when many reporters relied on documents rather than arranged interviews to break news.

So... TMZ does actual journalism, actual reporting, goes out and conducts investigations relevant to their given subject matter, in a throwback to 'earlier' journalism. Meanwhile the 24 hour news networks regurgitate what TMZ tells them say, and otherwise conduct interviews with talking heads and ignore real issues.

Awesome!