Can pharmacists be replaced by technology?

Should overpaid parrots (i.e.regurgitating journalists who don't add value) be replaced by technology?

• Should overpaid parrots (i.e.non-investigative, non value-adding journos) like Larry King be fired since all they do is sit cosily and ask questions most people even here in Yahoo Answers can ask better. And get paid obscene salaries. For eg. Larry King makes $7 to $14 million per year just for doing that.There should be a paradigm shift in such parrot talk shows and replace the parrot with technology i.e. Questions will be asked by netizens and phone callers directly to the studio guests instead of through a parrot. Since TV networks need not pay expensive parrots, they will save millions which they can pass on to the questioners (i.e netizens and phone callers.) For eg. if Larry King is replaced by technology, his minimum $7 million saved can be given to questioners. There are about 20 questions asked per day and there are about 250 shows per year so there are 5000 questions per yr. Each successful question asked by netizen/phone caller will be paid $1400. Wouldn't you like that?

• Answer:

  In a manner of speaking, yes. Parrot Journalism should be replaced (and is fast being replaced) by technology. The downside of this is that more and more print media carries with it a bias for the highest bidder. While it is possible to find print media that tailors to your specific tastes, it is difficult to find one with any degree of unfettered unslanted truth (at least in the U.S.). This problem will only get worse as the "copy/paste" print news sources are phased out as more and more people get their news from the internet.