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Thanks for the link. It is a good video.
But why the dark tone to your blog? The internet is not the enemy of good journalism. It's only a technology. Perhaps you can offer some constructive ideas on how to make the most of it?

Thank you,
Chris Norred

The newspaper industry is in decline because it has a credibility problem and to a much lesser extent, competition from the internet.

Instead of choosing interpretive journalism, the industry needs to wake up and get back to reporting the facts. If an article isn't labeled "opinion" or "editorial" it should report ONLY the facts.

I think that something similar to what is predicted in the film will come to pass because , the newspaper industry prefers influencing events rather than reporting events. People are smarter than you give them credit for. In the long run they will choose internet sources that prove to be factually reliable.

The video is incredible, above all understanding that it was created many years ago. I don't think the authors expected anticipating that reality would mimic their fantasy so much.

Mike, I don't think that EPIC 2015 suggests there isn't another way. But many news organizations have been struggling for more than a decade with being creative and proactive enough to *show* that other way. There's a kind of self-indulgence, isolation and vain entitlement that floats around in most newsrooms and you know that.

To me EPIC 2015 is provocative. Seeing it makes me embrace all the good that a new way of doing things can bring, and at the same time it makes me want to 'DO' something towards that 'other way.'

I'm passionate about the absolute need to preserve journalism at the core of democracy and a better world. I'm optimistic that journalism will remain and only become stronger. I'm anxious to see news organizations move faster, stop dismissing technology, broaden their idea of inclusiveness and dramatically get out of their comfort zone.

And tomorrow may be too late... that's what I hear EPIC 2015 saying out loud.

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News organizations *are* internet sources and have been for many years now.

I agree. People, we, are smart. That's why news organizations will remain.

That video is very scary.