This time it's Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post weighing in on the power of bloggers.
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One theme has become apparent to me over the past few months about the analysis offered by many mainstream journalists about blogging: They either appear very uncomfortable with the phenomenon of blogging...or they are becoming more and more aware of the staying power of blogs and the important role they can play in journalism.
One of the points Kurtz makes in this article is that bloggers are NEVER going to replace mainstream media and journalists. However, they do have a critical role to play...especially in the areas of analysis and fact-checking, two domains in which the media have had spotty (at best) records of late.
More analysis coming...
1 comment:
I agree. Analysis and fact-checking should be prioritary responsibilities for the political and tech-savvy bloggers. The insight they provide is like a filter towards the bias that may be plaguing the mainstream media.
Blogging (and the Googling or news-searching that results from it) promotes people to interact and share thoughts, ideas and facts. That level of interaction is impossible to achieve with a magazine or a newspaper.
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