Electronic News Medium

The end is near; peer-to-peer gathering and presenting of information will make all things currently known about news into extinction. It will leave behind only the debris of bad language and a forgotten memory of the well-educated and properly trained individuals who thought that reporting would give them a career.

The citizen is not a journalist. The pre-pubescent children who write opinions on their Facebook are not a reliable source. The random man who tweets should not be taken seriously. Unless, of course, 75 others report the same thought. Then, naturally the provided idea should be flung out to the masses represented as fact.

Where is the accountability? Information should be credible, not accessed by speaking to your neighbors; that is defined as gossip.

Trusted publications are what the people should rely on for the truth and the fact that these news sources are now turning to the average person for the story makes them lazy and unfit to be employed. If anyone can gather a news story, why bother paying someone to go out and find one? Seems as if it would be a waste of money.

Electronic news is fine, as long as everyone leaves the informing to the professionals. Those teenagers out to spread sensationalism can now spend their free time photo-shopping their profile pictures instead.