Previously…
In a previous article I described the difficulty that all organisations would face charging for information in the near future, and indeed are encountering already as a consequence of a shift in this generation’s mindset. I was reminded of this today by an article where FLDem5, a writer for the Daily Kos, noted the inaccuracy of the conventional media.
She closes with a list of a website and two media conglomerates e-outposts making an error which a commenteer points out the New York Times was guilty of as well. There are, doubtless, better examples of bigger mistakes being observed by smaller blogs but it is worth bearing in mind that with all the funds that are brought to them from cable subscriptions and the cost of hard-copy none of these outlets have managed to be as efficient as a blogger on a website that has never charged for access and presumably never will. Their role is to deliver information to the public and in this they have failed, while a contributer to a website that exists entirely off of the proceeds of pay-per-click ads {which can be ignored or instead voided with the use of adblocker} has reported accurately.
Therefore although there may seem to be some future for such organisations if this is the level of relative precision that shall be demonstrated it is by no means one which is assured.
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