ctnow.com: Mainstream Media Buffeted In 2004 By Right And Left: 2004 may very well be remembered as the year the media got shock treatment.
While great work was done, the media was buffeted by partisans on the left and right. Needled by an explosion of bloggers critical of news reporting. Embarrassed by pre-war reporting lapses. Shamed by plagiarism, fabrication and circulation fraud.
And it struggled amid creeping media consolidation to keep up with the demands of a 24-hour news cycle while trying to maintain a quality report - often with fewer people.
