Glenn Greenwald's article for Salon.com reveals some disturbing truths. First of which is the fact that it is not just bloggers that are not doing investigatory work. In fact, investigative works by the mainstream media outlets has dramatically fallen over recent years with niche advocacy groups picking up most investigatory work and with the media sparingly reporting on the findings.
Central to this has been the massive cutbacks in newsrooms, which has seen 6,000 U.S. media workers lose their jobs over recent months, according to recent reports.
In the name of convergence, media organisations are leading the cross media integration, not simply to create a better media environment, but instead to cut back on "the expensive parts"of their media businesses.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/24/journalism/index.html
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