media - A watershed at the Beijing News?

My Chinese friends always blame me for being too optimistic, for having a too rosy view on the future. That might be the case, but the ongoing conflict at the Beijing News, and especially ESWN latest translation, really makes me feel rather hopeful.
The whole description is close to hilarious, but this is really very telling from a story of one of the journalists present:

At this time, the person sent from Guangming also wanted to speak. I was ready to faint. This person named Zhao sent from Guangming began to say: "For the sake for the party central and the people, you have keep to newspaper going." I was laughing to death. Which era did this piece of antique come from? He spoke for a long time and everybody was displeased. So a commotion was beginning again. At that time, the person named Shi from Guangming also wanted to talk. He spoke a couple of sentences and then Dai cut him off in time. He said: "You go upstairs and let these people work." Then we started working.