In Blogs There's Trust
It no longer makes sense to hold a low view of internet publication. Here is one more reason why this is the case:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey. (story)For a multitude of reasons, people are turning to the internet as their primary pipeline of information. As the main stream media journalists continue to lose the trust of Americans, it should not come as a surprise that people are increasingly turning to the internet as their primary source of information. The headlines come to you on your schedule, from a source whom you trust, in the midst of a conversational environment taking place in a community that you know.
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It's a simple fact of life (and a conservative one I'll point out) that people prefer choice.
The old media doesn't offer much choice. "You read what we report, and you watch what we put on."
The internet is helping to eliminate the middle man.
The Iraq war is a perfect illustration. This is the first military conflict in which people at home can get the story almost directly from the people that matter - the people on the ground (Michael Yon, Blackfive, etc)
Of course, this new model requires people to discern (truth from falsehood) - but I think that's an important skill in life.
I am just happy to be alive today with all the cool stuff going on! And the old crotchety media with it's biases (at least in my view) can stuff it.
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