A matter of opinion?

A matter of opinion?

These days everyone seems to have a strong opinion on from the Bush administration to energy-saving light bulbs and the willingness to express it has been greater than ever. So much so that conventional platforms can no longer put up with this huge mass of ideas and internet is winning the game.

John Lloyd, contributing editor to Financial Times, representative of the old media as he puts it, also believes that situation is somewhat unbalanced but certainly adjusted to novel needs.

Do newspapers allow enough space for the expression of the opinion?

It is obvious now that with the internet the amount of opinion people wish to express, both in terms of blogs and responding to blogs, is almost limitless. Newspapers traditionally have two or three papers of opinion for their columnist and important people who write from outside. The internet has completely revolutionized the idea of opinion. Opinion is no longer from above, well-known journalists, prominent public figures. It is of everyone so the internet is much more democratic in that sense. Newspapers can never have that kind of exposure to everyone’s opinion. <%