Comment Blogs don't lead for news... (Score 1) 186
For the stories that the newspapers are actually reporting.
What about stories that they aren't reporting on, putting on page 57, or just getting the facts wrong.
I've almost given up on local media, probably because not a lot of it interests me beyond fires, murders, local government. The rest I get off the internet. Although they have adapted a bit here in my city, posting their top news stories to twitter from their websites.
And for things like science reporting, I think the specialty reporting is doing a better job, like science bloggers, podcasts, radio and tv (Science Friday, Quirks and Quarks, Daily Planet).