Media Gatekeepers of the future.

I think the media gatekeepers of the future will be the people.
With the prevalence of the internet and blogs you don't have the process of an editor looking something over. For a lot of things you don't have big HR departments to handle everything.
You still have that in other forms of media but when it comes to the internet and personal news sites you lose that.
However that doesn't mean that they're going to go crazy and write about whatever they want. I think it's quite the opposite.
The people will keep these in line and make sure they don't go reporting anything that isn't true.
The people will read these blogs and check the facts(hopefully) and see if they're being told the truth or being fed a line of crap.
And if they are constantly being fed crap then they will respond to the person writing this blog or just stop reading all together. When they notice an overwhelming negative response or a loss of readership then they will be forced to change their practice.