The notion of the 'Citizen Journalist' was given plangency by Arianna Huffington, before the sale of the Huffington Post to AOL: in order to fill her web site with content, that was and is, written by some very talented, impressive writers, known and unknown.She would use these essays, gratis , in order to  promote her version of 'Progressivism', that was congruent with the political sentiments of those very writers. It was considered an honor and a privilege to publish content to her site, as an act of political/ethical solidarity,of a commitment to change,to a more open form of governance, a re-imagining, indeed, a re-creation of the idea of 'The Fourth Estate.  But now that Ms. Huffington and her partners have sold their site to AOL, at an astounding price, the political notion of 'Citizen Journalist' has now become an idea that proved to be of utility, but not an idea that could stand the test of the bastardized Social Darwinist construct of 'The Market Place',  or 'The Free Market'. You recall that Milton Friedman was a great ringmaster for that now bankrupt Master Idea, and a fondly remembered mentor to Ms. Huffington. Should we be surprised about the volte-face of Ms.Huffington, given the high regard she holds for her teacher,her mentor?