I mean Fox News, The Sun, even the Oz, they are all such quality sources of News. How will people function without free news from Rupe? Google will come crashing down to earth, we will all have to buy Sony eBooks and journalism as we know it will be saved!
Or maybe people will start turning to sources such as Wikinews (which I have added as a feed to this site) or aggregation sites like Newsfor (which also has a link under Pages – The News). Or maybe, just maybe enough people will decide they really don’t need people like Rupert deciding what they can and should read and the whole elitist concept of authoritative news sources will be re-evaluated.
Rupert might claim that he is defending the rather flimsy notion of a 4th Estate, yet its clear from his comments that this is about the financial worth and associated political clout engendered by controlling the mass media. As is typical of the the old media, there is much doom and gloom associated with this idea and little if any exploration of the new media and its potential.
Rupert really needs to move on…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation may charge for online sites within a year.
