How will technology influence the news in 2012?

The Guardian by Dan Gillmor | Dec. 29, 2011 (Opinion)

Predicting the next year's news is a fool's errand, but looking at technological trends could give us a hint At the beginning of 2011, aging dictators ruled Egypt and Libya, and despotism was the nearly unquestioned reality in most of the Middle East. The eurozone was seeing trouble at its edges, but wasn't heading toward collapse. News International had successfully covered up most of its rampant bad acts, and Rupert Murdoch was on the verge of even ... Full Story »

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by kay gottschamer - Jan. 5, 2012

Informative. I agree with the author when he states that Rupert Murdoch and his newspapers are trash. When Murdoch took over the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, I feared for progressive reporting. I still feel jeopardized for that, but also feel that he and his tribe are finally receiving their comeuppance.