So in your considered opinion, just how transforming will the invention of the internet be? In my not so humble opinion, history will show it to be as significant as movable type. It will shatter more centers of power than you can imagine.
The downside of that is the presence of misinformation on the web. It doesn’t matter if the misinformation is unintentional or purposeful. It still calls the integrity of the medium into question. News sources don’t sell facts, they sell trust. Everyone has facts. What matters is whether the readers believe the speaker. Although modern journalism is much better than the stuff of old, it too often lets agenda politics interfere with reporting.
I often think about printing a small, weekly publication that examines issues and events without inserting the editor’s politics into every story. But even if I could do that, the market would be very small.
I think Oprah may have "jumped the shark" by coming out for Obama. She may never recover her status and prestige especially if Obama were to win, and thereby be given enough rope to hang himself - removing all doubt that he is the second coming of Jimmy Carter.And that would be a watershed for the public's awareness that you can't take an "objective" person's word to the bank.