Robert Niles thinks so. Niles writes on the Online Journalism Review site that what ails modern journalism isn't competition so much as "a stenographic model of reporting" that doesn't serve readers: "J-school cliche says 'if your mother says she loves you, check it out.' But far too often in news reporting, 'checking it out' means simply calling up another source, and presenting their confirmation or denial of mommy's alleged love in the next grafs of the story."
