"How the mighty have fallen"
The mighty haven't fallen, except in the sense that they've expired and been progressively replaced by the trivial.
First, there was the stone age, when culture was defined by the use of stone.
Then there was the bronze age, when culture was defined by the use of bronze.
Then there was the iron age, when culture was defined by the use of iron.
Now, we're in the bullshit age and culture is defined by the use of virtual bovine excrement.
If human generated journalism can't be distinguished from the output of a glorified statistical auto-complete engine, what does that say about the current standards of journalism?