Commentator sees light amid the media gloom

William Powers, media critic for respected National Journal, reflects on the difficulties facing American newspapers, where sales are down, ad revenue is down and jobs are being lost as professional scandals mire journalistic credibility. Similarly, fewer people are viewing TV network news. But Powers refuses to give in to the alarmist tendency. "As long as there is a popular hunger for truth - a constant of human society, last I checked - there will be work for people who want to dig it up," he writes. It's an upbeat assessment that deserves reading. (Via latimes.com)