I don't fault the news media for covering some of the more info-tainment topics that have crept their way into main stream news. At the end of the day news media is a business and they must make make in order to survive. They make money by attracting a large viewership so they can sell advertising.
I think this trend in tabloid journalism is more reflective of our society then others may suggest. After all, news media are trying to cater to its audiences preferences. If we wanted strictly "hard" news without any updates on celebrity gossip or things of that nature then that is what news organizations would give us. But since we want to hear about the scandal and conflicts that may not be what traditionalists call "news" that's what we get.
On the idea of citizen journalism, I personally am not a fan. While I do agree that someone didn't have to go to school to be a journalist to cover events, I am a believer that educated journalists simply know more in terms of ethics in the news media and other things of that nature. That overall quality of citizen journalism has been pretty poor to date. While some bloggers have done a good job at uncovering something important, for every one of them there are a thousand others that are simply lowering the standard of news media.
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