Journalism isn't quite dead, though Ned Price seemed surprised and annoyed that the one guy who turned up to his press conference actually wants to be a journalist instead of a mouthpiece for the state.

The apparently empty conference room tells its own story. Most "journalists" will simply take the transcript from this statement and copy/paste it without the slightest hint of journalism. They don't need to attend the conference to ask questions or request evidence.

Ned Price seems genuinely surprised that he's being asked these questions. It's like he hasn't met a real journalist in years.