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Daily Online Examiner: Must Web News Be Either Quality Or Babble?

"The rise of the Internet as a primary source of news has undermined quality and reliability." So says the Writers Guild of America, East, in written comments submitted today to the Federal Trade Commission. Full Article at MediaPost.com

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