Old Media Is Bleeding Out Right Before Our EyesRead the rest. And if you are surprised at some of the news, stop depending on the Old Media for your news.
Old media is literally committing suicide in front of our very eyes. In its desperate rush to see Barack Obama reelected, they are ignoring bigger and bigger stories. People have the Internet. They read The Drudge Report. They listen to talk radio. They read blogs. And in spite of all of these different access points, old media is ignoring blockbuster story after blockbuster story.
Consider the following panoply of stories -- from the last few days alone -- courtesy of the national treasure known as NewsBusters.
“The power under the constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”
~ George Washington (1787)
~ George Washington (1787)
Friday, May 25, 2012
The Old Media is heading the way of the dinosaurs
Or as one friend of mine asked, "Fourth Estate of Fifth Column?"