[abb]

Pinging the Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™ list.

One issue that has been brought up from time to time is what will happen to discussion groups like Free Republic if newspapers cease to publish. The fear expressed was that we would have nothing to post.

This looks like the future of news. We have nothing to fear about lack of information once the Dinosaur Media dies. We should only celebrate.

[PGalt]

This looks like the future of news. We have nothing to fear about lack of information once the Dinosaur Media dies. We should only celebrate.

EXACTLY! Thanks for the ping. Hooray bloggers! Hooray Pope Benedict!

[Milhous]

News Without Reporters

Unnecessary?

Reporters are a dying breed, says Steve Boriss, and that's a good thing. America got along fine without them once before.

by Steve Boriss

One of journalists' recurring put-downs of bloggers is that they are simply recycling someone else's news - that there will always be a need for reporters to produce it. Yet, America had a reporterless past and will likely have a reporterless future. And, news will be better for it.

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Now, the Internet is eliminating the reporter as middleman by connecting audiences directly with the real sources of news - politicians' offices, PR firms, whistleblowers, think tanks, courts, police departments, and everyone else with a news ax to grind. These entities have always been capable of writing their own stories in a usable form, but have previously needed reporters to get their stories distributed. Nor will we miss investigative reporters, who had always been dangerously untrained in the skills needed to do their job properly (e.g. forensics, law) and often unfairly destroyed the reputations of innocents. Society has many alternative, more responsible ways to right wrongs, and the blogosphere can easily fill this void.

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[Grampa Dave]

The Pope’s visit is real news not some drug induced left wing agenda/spins posing as news.

So his visit will be basically ignored with the exception of hate Catholic and Pope stuff posing as news.

This is another prime example of why the MSM is dying and going away each day.