Russia reminds us that journalism is too big to fail

It’s fashionable to disdain the media, but like democracy it’s the least bad option

The Russia-Ukraine tragedy offers a useful reminder of the vital importance of the news media in any country and for the world. We seem to love to criticize it viciously, but we do so at our peril.

Russia’s murderous assault on Ukraine aims to slightly enlarge the world’s largest country, is devastating to Russia’s economy, may well lead to war crimes ch…