Slate.com revisits the 1993 Micheal Crighton prediction of Mass Media extinction. Though it did not come true as speculated Crighton does not back off the belief that most of mass media is useless opinion and speculation, produced on the cheap and relying on source-less hearsay instead of hard earned facts.

“I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.”

He laments the fact that no media visionary has come forward to build the high-quality information service consumers need, or more importantly to convince them of the need.

Source: Slate.com