"the model of journalism that we cherish - the tandem until Watergate 'Carl Zimmer in pre-Internet - may have been thrown to the nettles."

This piece in Agence Science Presse appears to be about the future of science journalism. If Google Translate is right, my place in that future appears to be in some type of shrubbery. Perhaps someone who hasn't forgotten quite so much of his or her high school French will understand what's going on here.