Variety.com - Media muscle mutes many voices as cap scrap looms
Look, "mainstream media" doesn't exist under the old definition. Rabbit Ears are listed on E-Bay as antiques. The "mainstream media" catches clues from scanning Drudge. And, on their websites, these tools are desperately trying to catch the "buzz" coming from bloggers.
Beyond the asshat headline, the fact remains that the big bastards have lost their stranglehold. I wake up in the morning and fire up the home office and get all my headlines before I make it to the coffee pot.