Trust me on the sunscreen (and the future of journalism)

A surprisingly insightful article. It's interesting to note that the author publicly disagrees with Michael Arrington and still has the article published. That's a good sign.

But unfortunately, thanks to a succession of journalistic fakes and the constant tabloidisation of the press, that trust is gone.

This coming from Techcrunch. Pretty funny.

As we sat in Los Angeles, debating how to save what remains of professional journalism,

Too late.

Let’s not forget that the two most famous reporters of all time - Woodward and Bernstein

You mean the two most famous reporters of one time

Paul Carr is, by process of elimination, a writer.

That explains it.

I, for one, welcome the demise of the shit media like the big papers, which have already reduced their value to toilet paper. Hopefully, the cable "news" stations will follow their lead to extinction.

Alternative media are far, far better. And yes, that includes blogs, the best of which publish original content by professional reporters.