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Is the Internet Bad News for Journalism?

Coverage getting narrower, not broader, new report says

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Mar 17, 2008 2:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Internet is changing journalism—but not in the ways many predicted. Contrary to expectations that coverage would broaden, a new report says the news agenda is actually narrowing. The Iraq war and presidential campaign represented more than a quarter of news stories last year,... Read full story »

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