COLLINS – News faces big challenges

Posted on January 30, 2017 in Columns // 1 Comment

Mainstream media are increasingly challenged by digital interlopers. (Mel Rothenburger photo)

TWO WEEKS AGO, I lamented the dilemma facing news organizations.

I asked “who is going to protect journalistic integrity” in light of the challenges facing news organizations large and small. A new report out Thursday reinforces those concerns, and some disturbing comments about where U.S. voters got their election news scare me even more.

On Thursday, results of a study ordered by Heritage Minister Melanie Joly pointed out the need for drastic change to help shore up Canada’s news industry as it faces a massive decline in revenues.

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1 Comment on COLLINS – News faces big challenges

Pierre // January 30, 2017 at 7:28 PM // Reply

There was fake-ism all along. History written by the victors for example and that was just the beginning. People “believed” then as they “believe” now. An intelligent reader checks the sources and cross-references, others…well, they “believe.”
But above all Netflix, Fake-book et al should pay taxes for sure.

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