Is Getting Our News From Smart Speakers a Threat to Media Diversity?

If the 2016 election made one thing clear, it's that people in this country are getting their news from very different sources. But with the growing popularity of smart speaker-delivered morning briefings, this may be about to change. As digital assistants becomes the go-to news source for more and more people, so too does NPR. And while there's nothing wrong with millennials rediscovering public radio, some are raising the alarm about media diet conformity. Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based NGO that promotes freedom of information, has voiced concerns about voice assistants, suggesting they present a "threat to pluralist news and information."