Especially true in the last 3-4 years with the explosive growth of weblogs on the Internet and the ability to report on what anybody says anywhere in the world publicly on the Internet sometimes in the matter of minutes. That posting by Buckhead here on FR shortly after the 60 Minutes II report on President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service quickly triggered off an investigation that within 24 hours totally debunked the story and totally ruined the reputation of CBS News once and for all.
If you've read Alvin Toffler's book The Third Wave, he write in that book a chapter called "De-Massifying the Media," where as communications technologies improve the giant media conglomerates will wield less power. It appears that weblogs have made Toffler's prophecy come true.
Thanks for your comments. I will have try to find my old Toffler "The Third Wave".
"If you've read Alvin Toffler's book The Third Wave, he write in that book a chapter called "De-Massifying the Media," where as communications technologies improve the giant media conglomerates will wield less power. It appears that weblogs have made Toffler's prophecy come true."