The discussion veers into the territory of credibility.
Newspapers are error-prone and nobody wants to admit that. Second time today that’s come up. The notion is kicked around a little bit.
Then the issue of bias comes up.
“We have four major papers and we knew them by their bias,” someone says.
The commenter goes further, raising the notion of transparency, which is commonly thrown out as the web’s advantage over being authoritative.
“Some of the biggest opponents of the CBC,” he says by way of example, “are in their own comments section.”
“Is there an inherent bias in print that makes it more credible than the the internet?” asks Gary Graves head of CBC.ca
Graves goes on to say that lawsuits against news organizations result in higher fees than newspapers, because he sees newspapers as more credible and the internet, apparently more nefarious and libel-prone.
“That’s an old man talking,” says a student in the audience.
“Even if the judges are old white guys,” says Graves, “they still reflect a bias that exists in the culture.”
Brave New(s) World 
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