From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Is today's Internet killing our culture?

Hello again, I'm O'Anallney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. That's the claim of a controversial new book attacking Internet 2.0,

the participatory websites that depend on content generated by users.

The contention is that web blogs, Google, and Wikipedia are replacing expert gatekeepers

with the wisdom of the crowd, often ignorant and often wrong.

On to the point, will the demise of traditional standards lead the cultural anarchy,

where nobody knows what's true or false?

Or will history's biggest communications explosion liberate culture from the heavy hand of a narrow-minded elite?

On reporter's notebook later on,

why are gray whales getting skinny?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again. Warren Alney back with To the Point. Our Wikipedia, Google, and an infinite number of web blogs,

liberating our culture or killing it by abolishing traditional standards and blurring the difference between what's true and what's false.

On To the Point, the Backlash Against Internet 2.0. On reporter's notebook, Gray Whales are a triumph of worldwide conservation,

but lately their numbers are down and they're skinny. We'll find out what scientists think might

be wrong. First, this news update in Cincinnati today, a major victory for the Bush administration.

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