well I mean, if you want to dig deeper, you can look at Teri I guess, and how she is going to become news host. pretty much selling herself and using others as stepping stones. and then contradiction between her public image and what she has become in reality will make her crack and subconsciously hate herself more and more.
and strictly speaking we see that whole concept of news as a source of ehm "truth" in that world is failing fabulously, so people who got into that shit while they were young and had ideals are not the same after they have been exposed to it for years.
I just hope I catched Philly's thoughts on Shanlon's character and then we will see the final stage of her demise - being absolutely broken, spit out by cruel network machine.