] "Trust in journalism has been declining for a
] generation," said project director Tom Rosenstiel. "This
] study suggests one reason is that news media are locked
] in a vicious cycle. As audiences fragment, newsrooms are
] cut back, which further erodes public trust."
]
] Circulation of English-language daily newspapers has
] dropped 11 percent since 1990; network news ratings are
] down 34 percent since 1994; late night local TV news
] viewership fell 16 percent lower since 1997 and cable
] news viewership has been flat since late 2001.

The public viewing audience has flocked to either the 24 hour news networks or the Internet for their world view.

] Technology was driving many of the changes.
]
] "Journalism is in the midst of an epochal transformation,
] as momentous probably as the invention of the telegraph
] or television," the report said.

We get them all in the end. The audience and the journalists. Dialogue engines are the new medium revolution.

Yahoo! News - Report Sees Bleak Trend in U.S. News Media