I'm glad this is being brought up, since it doesn't get addressed enough. One major difference is that investigative journalism was already on the decline by t

I'm glad this is being brought up, since it doesn't get addressed enough. One major difference is that investigative journalism was already on the decline by the time the Net showed up. Cable news, media consolidation was already underway. Fox news existed before the internet truly became a global fact of life. If anything, it was craigslist that became the last nail in the coffin. It killed of the classifieds section, which was what gave news rooms their last trickle of cash.