Monday, November 12, 2007

Are reporters doomed?

David Leigh of The Guardian has written an interesting article about the state of journalism in the internet age. While focusing mainly on British reporting, he offers some compelling analysis that is pertinent on this side of the Atlantic. Here's a snip:
The internet is an incredibly rich information resource, and a great tool for worldwide sharing. But as well as overloading us with instantaneous terrors, it also degrades valuable principles — the idea of discrimination, that some voices are more credible than others...
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