"News providers are offering all manner of updates, "breaking news" that can be delivered electronically in a wireless manner. The ratio of undistilled information to distilled is rising, saturating markets."
It is true; a lot of information these days are undistilled. The mass media functions as a mouthpiece of politics (and other subjects), simply rebroadcasting raw footage without actually spending time to question it, analyze it, and decipher it.
In comes the role of the blogs. Though not without bias, many blogs can provide insight into relevant news. Some blogs unfortunately, have devolved into gossip and mouthpieces, such as the Huffington Post. That is not to say that the Huffington Post has gone to the dark side of journalism; it still contains a number of blogs within its site and articles that delve into contemporaneous issues. But the more important blog/website that compiles the raw data into discernible patterns, is Media Matters.
Long live the blog!
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