News has shifted downmarket,if that is the right phrase. Many people now regard the internet as their source of the truth;a quick search will give you several different views on the same matter,you do not get that in a newspaper or TV channel. As news spreading is a power tool, the power has been spread far and wide and not confined to just a few sources. There are going to be many repercussions from this change,some good some bad. The speed of change will be most noticeable; will it be more difficult or easy to get change with so many more opinions available.
