Web Has Unexpected Effect on Journalism

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3-17-2008 5:34 AM

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3-17-2008 6:03 AM

abailart

Sadly, backs intuition and experience.

3-17-2008 7:05 AM

skwirlinator

The web has brought the news to more eyes than ever before. It may be the same news by a select few but more people see it now.
This compounds the issue of biased reports. Uncomfirmed reports spread faster.
For me it has diminished that validity of the news reports I see.

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