I agree with this post. Although statistics show that the internet is rapidly becoming America's preferred way to access the most recent news stories, one has to be critical about the quality of facts and reporting on internet news sites.
As Silverblatt said, "reading [the newspaper] presupposes a certain level of education." (230) It also presupposes a certain level of education to write newspaper articles. Journalists are educated and trained in reporting techniques in order to give us the most unbiased information possible. Although internet news sites are also written by journalists, the pace at which they are published puts into question the quality and research that goes into them.
Online news media doesn't always have to be coming from an institution like CNN, either. Many people write political blogs or moderate websites that have political or newsworthy content. Although these types of websites have the capacity to connect more people together and open minds, since there are no educational standards to write a blog or website, we should not assume that the person writing actually knows what they're talking about.
This is why newspapers are still needed--to maintain a standard of what good journalism ought to be.
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