Sam Donaldson: Network News Is Dead...

Drudge is linking to a story in the Broadcasting & Cable trade journal that quotes former ABC reporter Sam Donaldson admitting what Conservatives already know - that the age of Network News is dying a slow death as it's elderly audience also dies off.

Attending a breakfast panel Tuesday at the National Association of Broadcasters, Donaldson was brutally frank:

"God forbid, if someone shot the President, which network would you turn to? It will be cable, the Internet--something other than General Hospital being interrupted."

He and the other panelists also commented on bloggers:

[Bloggers] have had a generally positive impact on news because mainstream reporters are forced to better verify their information and pare opinions out of their work or face the wrath of scrutinizing critics.

So the future of the 6:30 news broadcast is pretty bleak. Now someone needs to tell my in-laws.

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