News Explained

[Quoner]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...mn.4f7d1dd.html

[Cerebus]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...mn.4f7d1dd.html

So what you are telling me, is the future news gathering of the nation is falling more and more into the hands of bloggers... this can't be good.

[Quoner]

So what you are telling me, is the future news gathering of the nation is falling more and more into the hands of bloggers... this can't be good.

also younger and older reporters are expected to blog and work their regular beats.

For example, in the past few years, DMN reporter Terry Maxon has expanded to cover tech and aviation and stay in the loop on all things on American and Southwest. He is required to post at least 5-10 times a day on the aviation blog and do his daily reporting. It is quite a daunting task.

[yyz28]

Well, this article is a good one, but not surprising.

First, the mainstream media has gotten a bad rap. Agree or disagree, but the left thinks the media is too right biased, the right things the media is too left biased, and almost everyone believes that the media will make up or keep a story going for rating and dollars. This has created a serious distrust in the print and broadcast media.

Enter in the likes of Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck and the like who have opinion shows on news networks, and their opinions sort of become the news AND the bias of the networks they are on in the minds of the viewers.

Finally, combine that with the fact the the internet, really for the first time in history, allows us to communicate and share ideas with people spread over huge geography in a way we never were able to before, and it is pretty easy to see why the traditional Newspaper is changing, and probably even beginning to die off.

[TheTastyGreek]

Well, this article is a good one, but not surprising.

First, the mainstream media has gotten a bad rap. Agree or disagree, but the left thinks the media is too right biased, the right things the media is too left biased, and almost everyone believes that the media will make up or keep a story going for rating and dollars. This has created a serious distrust in the print and broadcast media.

Enter in the likes of Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck and the like who have opinion shows on news networks, and their opinions sort of become the news AND the bias of the networks they are on in the minds of the viewers.

Finally, combine that with the fact the the internet, really for the first time in history, allows us to communicate and share ideas with people spread over huge geography in a way we never were able to before, and it is pretty easy to see why the traditional Newspaper is changing, and probably even beginning to die off.

You're overthinking this. See if the topic reminds you of anything here, and come back again.