Is it a fortunate time to be an armchair analyst?
No, it is a very bad time to be a net writer, because it is very hard to monetize one’s content adequately. A few years ago you could just get a job as a journalist, now as a blogger I guess you need business skills. Like the Kardashians.
I’m a UK NUJ member. When I was younger I got fired occasionnally for being a nuisance; however my last 3 press employers simply went out of business. The digital revolution killed Kodak, and the Internet business model also killed much of news photography and paid journalism because press companies were bad at monetization.
People still read what bloggers write, but in the end the advertising money mostly goes to Google.
If you are unhappy with what I write, pay me to do more research, or read someone else who does it better for the same price you offer. When it comes to medium format, this forum hosts some very knowledgable writing by well-known expert Doug Peterson whose sources outrank mine by far, and who is even a genuine art photographer in his spare time.
Edmund