The Era of Omniscience is Over

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jay Rosen: Andrew Heyward: The Era of Omniscience is Over, PressThink October 19, 2005

A fascinating admission from the president of NBC on the nature of truth. "We have to abandon any claim to omniscience. Walter Cronkite used to end his broadcast with 'That’s the way it is.' Dan Rather pulled that back, appropriately, to 'That’s part of our world tonight.' The digital journalist, if he or she were being honest, would say something like 'That’s some of what we did our best to find out today. More...