Adding to your point: I sense they've taken a tacky and somewhat nannyish "guardian of democracy" approach in their headline selection lately. I like to be told the news, but it felt as if I was being told how I should be voting; it seemed manipulative and insulting to my intelligence and experience.

I feel a sense of distrust between the news editors and their readers; that Citizen Kane feeling.

That said, I thought David Brooks' latest piece was well-put.