Very often rules favour the interests of one group over those of others. Rules almost always favour the status quo. In the case of the nameless press officer, the self-appointed authority claims the right to decide who can and who cannot attend and write about major telecommunications event. Favoured are those people from existing, recognised organisations that follow already established ways of working. Favoured are those people who write in a particular way.
News is ephemeral.
However, thoughtful analysis could have an enormous value in a decision-making process, especially in a fast changing, complex world where many deciders take the ephemeral and the spectacular for the only reality. The Internet, at least for the moment, allows individuals to widely express their individuality to those who are willing to listen. In a context of widespread individualism, this may not necessarily always be so fruitful. That doesn't imply that the individual be dismissed or, on the contrary, glorified above all else. There is a key relationship to be established between the particular and the whole.