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Originally Posted by A_PoMo
I read an article in the paper today where the author was complaining about how web 2.0 is killing print news media like newspapers. his reasons were exactly what you said here. on the net anybody can say anything they want. in the news media, according to him, there is a vetting process that secures the veracity of statements before they are made. plus he was saying that it's the prof media that digs into the truth of things that 'pajama clad bloggers' are unable to do from their laptops. it made alot of sense to me.
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Like Dan Rather and the Air National Guard memo, or the NYT and their unsourced gossip story on John McCain and the alluring lady lobbyist? Ooops.
The "professional" media organizations have the
capability to do this kind of digging, but they also use their aura of professionalism and impartiality as a shield to hide behind while they lob over some real whoppers.
They have been caught spiking the punch, and they don't like being called out and noticed for their liberal bias. I don't believe that they're all a bunch of communist infiltrators, I just believe that it is the culture of the industry.
One of the best things I've done in recent years is subsribe to
National Review and
Foreign Policy.