Re:End of the force-feeding, or ignorance==strengt (Score 3, Informative)

whether people are mostly visiting the major media companies' sites or are seeing more independent stuff

I agree with this statement, and would speculate that it is more the latter, at least with the Slashdot crowd.

However, even going to something like msnbc.com online is better than watching msnbc on tv for most people because you can read the stories you want when you want without sitting through all the garbage.