Does a journalist have the right to criticize the very institution that employs them? It is a striking irony that they report on every crisis across the globe yet remain silent about the profound fragility of their own profession: the stagnant wages, the work environments that erode core professional values, and the owners who prioritize profit margins over the pursuit of truth. For how much longer will this silence persist before journalists realize that confronting the internal rot of their industry is not just a right, but an urgent necessity to save journalism from the brink of extinction?