The great tension in media has always been that freedom and quality are conflicting goals.
Clay ShirkyThe transfer of [...] capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal.
Clay ShirkyEgalitarianism is possible only in small social systems. Once a medium gets past a certain size fame is a forced move.
Clay ShirkySociety doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism... When we shift our attention from โsave newspapersโ to โsave societyโ, the imperative changes from โpreserve the current institutionsโ to โdo whatever works.โ And what works today isnโt the same as what used to work.
Clay Shirky