http://techdirt.com/articles/20090920/1829336247.shtml

The original article (which I agree with) which links to the following story:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... ilout-bill

It's definitely a tricky one, I mean how independent can you be (or judged to be) if you got bailed out by the government?

"I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, that what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void but not a lot of mutual understanding."

Surely that describes 90% of all modern journalism (I rigorously researched my comment by the way, and am 100% certain that it's an accurate representation of my opinion).

I have independently checked the authenticity of the previous comment and can confirm it is true and in context.