Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
\nMainstream media is alarmed that internet sites provide fake news, leading innocent voters astray from The Truth which they ought to be getting from the mainstream media.\u00a0 And since nobody is reading their content, the mainstream outlets are going to lay off staff and close offices which will exacerbate the problem as professional journalists are replaced by internet trolls blogging in their pajamas in the basement.<\/span><\/p>\n
Missing the point.\u00a0 The reason people read internet sites is because the mainstream media news sites are, themselves, fake news.\u00a0 They only cover the stories they think are important.\u00a0 The stories they do deign to cover are consistently slanted.\u00a0 Millions of Americans know it and are desperate enough for full, honest news that they are willing to risk slogging through the gutter of internet sites to find the few gems.\u00a0 And the reason they\u2019re justified in doing so is that respectable internet sites have scooped mainstream media on noteworthy stories such as Powerline and Little Green Footballs exposing Dan Rather\u2019s \u201cfake but accurate\u201d reporting on President Bush\u2019s National Guard service. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>If pajamas media has become a more reliable source of truthful news than mainstream media, extinction is what we should expect.\u00a0 File this in the \u201cObsolete\u201d file right next to \u201cbuggy whips.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Joe Doakes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
If the mainstream media doesn’t get its mission, as well as its business model, squared away sooner than later, that train will leave the station very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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