from Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2006/01/future_of_the_media.html http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2007/03/breaking_the_news_package.html the first is an opinion piece, the second one includes more aspects about a shrinking MSM. teaser from the first: "Commerce versus quality. Great journalism is a premium product, but it does not always have to be as expensive as it appears to be. With the decline of the network news divisions and the distinctly shallow essence of 24-hour news, the best broadcast journalism today is on National Public Radio..." --denise.
