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While there is a need for traditional journalism, I do believe that grassroots journalism by internet activists has its own value, so this shift in journalism i

While there is a need for traditional journalism, I do believe that grassroots journalism by internet activists has its own value, so this shift in journalism is both positive and negative. For example, "responsible" journalists in Germany failed to report on the nature or extend of attacks by immigrants on German women during New Years Eve celebrations, e.g. in Cologne. It was only viral videos that brought these events to more widespread attention.

CM30 11y ago
I suspect incidents like the one you mentioned might be one of the reasons why traditional journalism is running into trouble. It's completely lost touch with the public it supposedly serves, treating a significant portion of the mainstream with contempt and trying to foster narratives that a significant amount of people don't agree with (but which happily align with those of politicians or the current government). It's why only 40% of the American public trust the media as of 2015. * Perhaps the one sided coverage of various issues, the refusal to cover certain issues and other such problems are why the news business is finding it so hard to keep afloat. * http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/30/media/media-trust-americans/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/30/media/media-trust-americans/