Reb is onto something here...

As the ivory towers of information fall, it is replaced by regular folks, almost all of whom have an agenda.

On one hand, people can find the news they want to hear.

On the other hand, there is a case to be made that people need the news they don't want to hear, most of all.

PBS has a great documentary on the subject: Newswar.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/

For those of you on the right, I'd skip parts 1 and 2, since you don't really care how the administration spun the news...


Part III, however, explains why hard, rigorous news, is in trouble.