ridenrain ridenrain:
Considering the crap we put up with for news, it's no wonder.
Getting spoon fed the only the stories that the media makers want us to know just isn't getting it done. With the net, I can troll oppinions from around the world, get different perspectives and make up my own mind. Not have it dictated to me by some media hack in short, snappy bumper sticker slogans.
It's also nessesary to remember that there have been more than enough examples where a Canadian blogger beat the media to the story, and often covered it far better and deeper than the media ever would.
TV news has become info-tainment.
There's a huge difference between blogs and newspapers. That's like comparing apples and oranges.
One is run by a guy (or three) usually in spare time, not as a career. Even those who do operate full time, don't usually employ anyone other than themselves. As such, they don't have to rely on advertising revenue to survive, simply because the blog is not their sole reason for existence. Newspapers however, employ dozens of people, and as such need streams of revenue that Google Adsense will never be able to provide. Craiglist stole newspapers biggest revenue stream, classified ads, and that's why many have turned into info-tainment, to attract readers, and therefore advertisers.
I don't like it, but it's better than relying on bloggers, who can print anything they want, because they are not tied to any rules of journalistic integrity. You may not like newspapers (nor do many younger people), but I have to wonder what 'news' will be like after they all die off.
CKA Elite 
You?.... Really?...
