Everyone's a Reporter

Our last Medianote of March will be from the truly excellent Mediashift blog. A recent post by a Canadian media theorist heralded an end to the "Tyranny of Reporters." By this, he meant that in the Internet Age consumers of news are increasingly empowered to not just question but alter news reports. Questions for the class...

•Is this really as good as it sounds?
•Do we see other mass media becoming more participatory, with the audience feeling empowered to contribute?
•Will this raise the standards of news and entertainment, or lower them?