John Leo says
"The video appears to be an unusually dry satire, but taken at face value, most of it is plausible— and scary. Without gatekeepers, no one stands ready to verify reports as accurate, so there's no difference between real news and agreed-upon gossip or low-level fluff. Issues debated today— Are bloggers real journalists? Is there a clear line between news and entertainment? — would be irrelevant. Everyone would be a journalist. And though some contributors would be paid, it isn't clear that the flow of money would be enough to fund complicated reports and investigations. Reporters would be paid according to how popular their stories were. Good luck if your job is to cover Rwanda or global warming."
Interesting conclusion with more than a grain of truth- what do you think?
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