There is a major crisis about to happen

All of the media outlets are going to become obsolete and the internet will take hold as the new paradigm of information control.

in other words.. There will be no newspapers.. people will laugh at the idea of a newspaper, (it destroys trees, etc.. it's bulky.. not up-to-date enough, it's controlled) .. all of these things ... the biggest problem, or even crisis is that the internet is more easily controlled than the current media; not only that but very very large percentages of the population do not know the first thing about computers, let alone the internet and this goes for most people who think their niece or nephew, son or daughter are computer geniuses, .. face it ... they aren't.. they just sat and played with the thing longer than you have patience for.

Not only is this dangerous.. but far more misleading than television, they decided to give us a multitude of different channels on television all practically owned by the same people... but we still have the illusion of REALLY being the ones choosing what we watch.. with the internet it takes on a whole new meaning.

For example, all of those get rich quick schemes on the internet... buy my ebook and learn how type of thing were it just requires you do the same thing that the guy you bought the stuff from did.. what a joke, yet there are MILLIONS of those sites its damn near impossible to find anything credible or reliable because it is too simple to over-populate the internet with masses of CRAP/misinformation/propaganda ... we all need to RELAX as a planet.. chill out, LOOK at what we have for technology and advances, etc.. and put them to use regardless of money, this is an important time on earth, and we're all being duped into useless junk about money/oil/war/terror/drugs when we should be concerned with the well being of the planet and humanity, reaching different galaxies and really becoming a planet of understanding, tolerant and co-operative people working together to improve ALL of us, and not 10% or .. 49% or 51% ... not even just 95%, but the full 100%.
We all need to go one above language and words, it is the differences in our words and language that cause us all to battle, one God against another, one Color against another, Brother against Brother, word against word, and womb against womb until we fill all of our tombs.

Were all of the Gods not sculpted from the same material?
Were all of the heiroglyphs not painted or carved into similar walls/caves?
Were all of the letters not arranged in similar patterns?
Were all of the words not written on similar materials?
Were all of the thoughts not created inside a human?
(My point with the questions is... at a very fundamental level, the conditions for us to exist are the same)

[edit on 2/22/2008 by PuRe EnErGy]

Don't scare me like that, I'm a final year journalism student!

Newspapers are going to be around for some time yet. Most people get their news from the Internet; that's undeniable. Most newspapers generate their revenue from advertising, the cost of the newspaper is really just in production and delivery.

News desks are changing. Podcasting and syndication are in, while the monolithic daily paper certainly is on its way out.

The problem therein is how newspapers are being managed. The journalists today are required to spit out between 6 or 10 fast stories instead of 2 or 4 well researched stories. With that, most news you read is straight out of some little PR hack at their desk, fed straight to the journalist. No crosschecks, just a reworking of the press release.

Your post is interesting, but a little hard to follow. I think traditional media outlets will be around for a long time yet, at least I personally hope so - and I also hope their integrity holds some acceptable level.

I think traditional media outlets will be around for a long time yet

Sure they will still exist because they have money and a popular name, although... they might as well be comic books.

I apologize and I know there is lots happening right now, especially thanks to the internet but I think this is far more serious than the major companies let on, not only with news but with music too.

Massive lay-offs are taking place, and they are trying to rewrite the whole industry trying to save their own butts, the people have become quite powerful and it's a frightening thing, and very hard to hold us all at bay.
It starts with the media and news because thats how ideas get passed around.

Many newspapers like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. are going to stick around for years to come. They seem to have adapted to the times by providing electronic and hard copy versions of their product. The internet may help these newspapers because it lowers their distribution costs and can provide them with a larger audience. (Remember, the cost of a newspaper that the reader pays goes towards distribution costs. Newspapers make their money off advertisers.)

Many other newspapers unfortunately will not be able to make it. Many people are not going to buy their local paper if they can read a major newspaper like the New York Times online for free.