All you keen news watchers and politicos out there are sure to be aware that the government is under even more pressure because of the failure to deport foreign ex-cons. Well yesterday it got even worse when it was revealed that someone who is now a suspected terrorist is among those the government (the prison service) failed to deport. This was the lead news story across most of the broadcast news yesterday. And where did the story originate from? A blog. Admittedly the blog is attached to an establish political magazine, The New Statesman, but the fact that it exists and is considered important enough for broadcast journalists to read is further evidence of the way that the internet is changing both the way media is produced and consumed. Established or traditional media outlets are increasingly turning to new media as a way of maintaining their status within the media market. The New Statesman is a weekly magazine but by allowing its journalists to publish blogs it allows audiences to access its content on a daily basis and develop a reputation for breaking news as well as commenting on it.
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