From that list, the stand-out failure of the mainstream press is unquestionably "inattention". The decay of in-depth reporting of stories that will impact society in exchange for focusing the spotlight on more-marketable content is a self-inflicted wound that shows no signs of remission.
But even here on Hacker News, where a lot of us count on having thoughtful readers of the comments we post and the stories we submit, the demand for shorter, less attention-demanding comments and submissions, and tl;dr summaries of blog posts that are only about five paragraphs long, still continues. So if news organizations aren't serving up stories that are based on close attention to important issues, maybe that is because the news organizations know what most news consumers are looking for.
But even here on Hacker News, where a lot of us count on having thoughtful readers of the comments we post and the stories we submit, the demand for shorter, less attention-demanding comments and submissions, and tl;dr summaries of blog posts that are only about five paragraphs long, still continues. So if news organizations aren't serving up stories that are based on close attention to important issues, maybe that is because the news organizations know what most news consumers are looking for.