Is "outrage" the right word?

Every other article about newspapers/magazines is about how they are dying a slow death and something better be done quickly.

Then something new is tried, such as the LA Times' experiment with guest editors. Then come the howls of protest.

It's no secret something needs to be done to increase either the readership or revenue of newspapers. While it's too early to tell if the Times' experiment will work or not, it's also too early to call it a mistake.

I am sensitive to the perception that this hurts the Times' objectivity. But I am also aware fewer and fewer people read papers. And I also wonder how much that objectivity is truly valued.

UPDATE (March 28): Turns out the whole idea was killed due to a previously undisclosed relationship between the editor of the section and the PR person for the contributor. Still -- I think newspapers need to be more open to such ideas.