Whenever a newspaper cuts reporters, they merely replace content with newsfeeds from anti-American AP and Al-Reuters.
Sure, they are losing readership numbers....but they might actually be consolidating worldwide readership CONTENT.
Suppose the entire world of newspapers went out of business tomorrow, and only the NYT remained publishing only AP and Reuters stories.
What would Drudge link to? Blogs and NYT articles. How many blogs does he link to now vs. AP/Reuters content....and of the blogs referenced, how many of them originate from AP/Reuters reporting?
I think the dwindling of grass-roots reporters could actually be bad for us in the long run.
... On this question of media selectivity, the blogosphere has become incensed that big media mostly ignored the murders, especially given that there are reporters currently in Baqubah. Newsbusters and countless others are on it. More disturbing to many bloggers is that major mainstream players were busted (again) by Pajamas Media just days ago for reporting outright fabrications of a “massacre” that never occurred. ...
Big old mass media's "top" stories for today starts with:
Given that most of big old mass media's top stories concern politics conservatives will get much better mileage out of new media sites such as National Review Online, Cyber News Service, and Front Page Magazine to name but a few of countless new media sites offering political news.