Who controls the news? On the Web, you can.

WHO CONTROLS THE NEWS? ON THE WEB, YOU CAN
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Tom Regan]
If you could create a newspaper based on what you and your friends like to read, would it look different from the front page of The Christian Science Monitor? Or The New York Times? Or even your local paper? Now, thanks to the Internet, you can. Social network news websites make it possible by allowing users essentially to vote on what they consider news. The Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) decided to explore the differences between what the editors of The New York Times considered a top story as opposed to the readers of three user-driven sites: Del.icio.us, Digg, and Reddit. The PEJ people also included Yahoo News's Most Recommended, Most Viewed, and Most E-mailed in their study. What they found was interesting, but not unexpected for anyone who frequently reads both sources of content.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0926/p17s01-stct.html