Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Enemy?

In politics, there are enemies. One of the most villainous, treacherous enemies are journalists and the media. In The Control Revolution, Shapiro talks about disintermediation of news and information. That is, bypassing journalists and delivering the news and message straight to people, without journalistic interpretation. However, this, in itself, raises ethical questions about information dissemination through a medium like the internet. We all know that all information on the internet cannot be trusted. In fact, most of it is garbage. Therefore, by maintaining these intermediaries, we are able to filter some, but obviously not all (i.e. Rathergate), of the inaccurate information on the web. Shapiro makes the point that we need to rely on these intermediaries to place emphasis on being right rather than first. So, in fact, the enemy of my enemy (disintermediation) is my enemy!