Sad day for CNN photographers

I understand that people with their cell phone cameras are everywhere, and professional photographers have to (usually) be sent out to a job, and therefore could miss critical news... but if they're not paying these iphotographers or whatever CNN calls them, then that's really not fair to anyone but themselves.

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/11/29/cnn-lays-off-photojournalists-citing-the-accessibility-of-quality-cameras/

Also, no offense to the average person, but I would think you could trust a staff photographer to do their job, instead of an average person who may stage something just to get on tv. I would hope this kind of situation would be rare, but you really have to wonder about that now a days...

I would like to hear your own comments on this.