"The media has a lot of soul-searching to do in the wake of…" Stop right there. Do you mean "reporters," as in the thousands of people working at local papers, TV and radio stations, and regional news sites, or do you mean the 1-3% of celebrity "journalists" at a handful of major outlets…

…that define themselves in terms of their own prestige an influence? Because those clout-hungry jackasses are not "the media" and letting them go on thinking they represent all of us is just feeding into their sense of entitlement.