Dangers of Journalism

After reading a New York Times editorial today I have a new appreciation for Journalism as a whole. It is easy for anyone who has an interest to get their updates on anything news related. A click of the mouse here or there and "boom", consider yourself updated for the day. Before the internet it took days to gather enough information for a story, but now every moment can become news for the public (see Twitter). Not much thought goes into how the news was gathered, or what had to be done in order to attain it. Some journalists risk everything in order to get the scoop and inform the masses. With all of the issues in the middle east recently, journalists are once again in the middle of a lot of dangerous battles between oppressive governments and radical civilians. The editorial mentions that there have been 50 attacks on journalists since the crisis in Libya began about a month ago. Journalists just want to get the story right, generally. So why are they being attacked? It seems as though the profession does not get paid enough if you ask me, but my opinion is obviously biased.