For an in depth look at quite how bad this has become, see the excellent book Flat Earth News by Nick Davies. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flat-Earth-News-Award-win

For an in depth look at quite how bad this has become, see the excellent book Flat Earth News by Nick Davies. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flat-Earth-News-Award-winning-Distortion/dp/0099512688 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flat-Earth-News-Award-winning-Distor... It makes it very hard to mourn the passing of the newspaper industry. EDIT: before someone chips in about how the PR industry is so powerful because journos are pressured by the 'net - the rot had already started back in the 80s, and it's because of corporate owners squeezing the numbers. Primarily murdoch.