BR, I wish I had an answer! I, too, get far more news on the web than on TV. But I see two challenges: 1) It's awfully hard for most people to qualify their sources, so lots of folks end up believing things that are distorted or untrue (Rush Limbaugh being a huge non-web example), and 2) TV, I think, has greater penetration - thus, greater impact - on Americans. I think I read, in fact, that people most likely to understand current events were people who watched The Daily Show!
Here's one more: millions of Americans - perhaps a majority - don't read well enough to enjoy it. So print-based web news has some limits, and video web news is limited, for the moment, by the limits of high-spe...

BR, I wish I had an answer! I, too, get far more news on the web than on TV. But I see two challenges: 1) It's awfully hard for most people to qualify their sources, so lots of folks end up believing things that are distorted or untrue (Rush Limbaugh being a huge non-web example), and 2) TV, I think, has greater penetration - thus, greater impact - on Americans. I think I read, in fact, that people most likely to understand current events were people who watched The Daily Show!
Here's one more: millions of Americans - perhaps a majority - don't read well enough to enjoy it. So print-based web news has some limits, and video web news is limited, for the moment, by the limits of high-speed communications.
It is undeniable, though, that there is more and better news on the web than in the MSM.
Good question - what are your thoughts on it?

I was thinking some of the very things you pointed out. Some of the internet sources lack the training and funds to conduct investigative reporting. Having said that however, some sources are very informative because they interview experts (e.g. authors, professors, topical experts, intelligence professionals, ....etc.). But as you pointed out, we are now able to find the news that supports our opinion, so is it truly news?

TV does have greater impact if it is a news program that is being watched. With the proliferation of cable and satellite network channels no one is obligated to watch a news program. What us middle agers considered the news (Walter Cronkite Evening News) seems so limited...

I was thinking some of the very things you pointed out. Some of the internet sources lack the training and funds to conduct investigative reporting. Having said that however, some sources are very informative because they interview experts (e.g. authors, professors, topical experts, intelligence professionals, ....etc.). But as you pointed out, we are now able to find the news that supports our opinion, so is it truly news?

TV does have greater impact if it is a news program that is being watched. With the proliferation of cable and satellite network channels no one is obligated to watch a news program. What us middle agers considered the news (Walter Cronkite Evening News) seems so limited now because of global implications that have only a 30 minute (minus commercials) window to address the issues.

I believe, print media (the internet being an extension of print media) provides the most in depth analysis of the particular topic. However, the amount of information available to individuals, has resulted in the need to filter (or scan) information to try and take it all in efficiently. ClipMarks is an example of this. How many people actually refer to the complete article that is referenced in the clip. Many times individuals clip half sentences and create new meanings that were never said or implied in the article. Many times quotes are presented without the context in which they were made.

Addressing the title of your clip I am severely opposed to media consolidation. After all capitalism is supposed to offer competition and variety to consumers and the opposite is happening. I saw an article that mentions a company that Mitt Romney has financial ties to is about to buy the Clear Channel Radio network. Events like this do not bode well for our society.

We will be focusing on your state in the next couple of days. Best of luck, best wishes, for a prosperous New Year.