Tiger Asks for Mulligan; Promises to Keep Driver in Bag

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

News is no longer the 30 minute evening broadcast with Peter Jennings (RIP). It's 24 hours across thousands of tv channels, radio stations, web sites, magazines, and newspapers. That's one reason why you have more and more stories like this. Besides, not all news needs to be hard hitting, Pulitzer prize winning journalism.

And I think this is the chief reason why newspapars in print is a dying industry. By the time the paperboy hits your doorstep with the newspaper the vast majority of that news is either old to you or is of no interest. Nowadays we consume our news in specific chunks. If I want football, I go to NFL.com or NFL network. If I want Skins news I don't go to either of those, I go to www.thewarpath.net.

It's a really sad that we have to sift through all the BS and entertainment to actually get to a few minutes of actual information. Incidently, I believe that's why blogs have grown so rapidly and carved out a niche in the world of media.