Credibility does not seem to be an issue as far as newsgathering on the Web is concerned. Those surveyed by Pew suggested that Web sites of news organizations are no more or less accurate than traditional news sources. Conclusion Even with the recent growth of the Internet into mainstream society, various barriers to entry put customized news a long way away from the Orwellian vision of pre-programmed individuals seeking out only news that is presented to them. Web site customization through cookie technology offers users the opportunity to customize the information they see on a repeated basis. If users were to visit only one Web site on a repeated basis, the concern of the narrow-vision user would be true, but information from Media Matrix point to the contrary as online users have different Internet habits at the office and at home.
Technology is another barrier to entry.
Pew found that one of the top sources of frustration for users is the speed of Internet connections and the speed of searches. At the exponentially slower rate of speed Web pages take much longer to load, forcing home users to gather news from traditional sources. Along the same vein, downloading desktop interfaces at home has been a time-consuming practice on 56K mems. Although the news is free once the download is complete, users must be techno-savvy enough to maintain and troubleshoot the interface. Cost is also a major barrier to entry for news customization to play the role as the only source of necessary news.