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>>Jason, I feel the mass media outlets dislike the competetion which 
>>Internet newsgroups gives them. Therefore, the media is playing on the 
>>public's fear of the unknown.
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>I've also noticed an extreme reluctance on the part of (unspecialized -
>i.e. not from the computer press) journalists I've come in contact with
>to connect themselves into the Internet...


I don't know about the "Competition" part; many newspapers are going 
on-line in various ways. A common misconception towards the media is that
the reporters are in control. That's just not true. If that was true,
there wouldn't really be any layoffs or cutbacks at the Times...
 
It's just that most of the reporters are older and have very limited 
exposure to computers (aside from their word processors) and therefore 
basically just don't know much about the whole thing.

Elson
A journalist on the Net
 
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