Study Finds New Media Doesn't Fill Journalism Gap

While blogs and social networking sites like Twitter pride themselves on being able to break stories faster than conventional news outlets (as well as often playing the role of citizen watchdogs to the MSM), a new study has found that the actual original reporting produced on the Internet is nowhere close to the amount needed to make up for the gap caused by cuts in traditional journalism.

The study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, funded by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, found

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