The article looks at how newspapers have changed and how they are going out of business because of the internet. It looks at how news papers are losing business to both the readers and advertisers, "The business of selling words to readers and selling readers to advertisers, which has sustained their role in society, is falling apart". Furthermore it talks about how politicians and businesses could possibly "get away with murder" this is a metaphor used to say that as newspapers are going out of business, there aren't a lot of media mediums that would focus on these groups, therefore they could get away with things that they usually wouldn't. The article also looks at how people can now also play a part in giving news, 'citizen journalism', this is when members of the public can say what s on their mind, they are now able to do so through blogs. Through the use of blogs people are now able to freely say whats on their mind without having any hassle, all they need is "a keyboard and an internet connection".
I do agree with what is being said in this article, as news is now available over all three platforms, print, e media, and broadcast. Thus people don't need to look at newspapers to get their news. Furthermore as you can access news online now, which is updated more frequently means that people will get all the news they need within seconds. However as the news is available on a range of different platforms it may not have the depth that was once found in newspapers, there the information online might be easier to access, but it may not have the depth that newspapers have.
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