Secret Sharers: The Hidden Ties Between Private Spies and Journalists (Published 2021)
A booming, renegade private intelligence industry is increasingly shaping (and misshaping) the news.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html
The short answer is no. To learn from the dossier episode, news organizations would have to examine their ties to private intelligence agents, including why they so often granted them anonymity. But as long as the media allows private spies to set the rules, journalists and the public will continue to lose.