Start of a new Media Revolution ?
Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog says :
You probably aren’t aware of this if you don’t lurk at right-wing Web sites, but the questioning of those National Guard documents doesn’t just make conservatives think they’ve caught Dan Rather and CBS with egg on their faces — it makes them think they are on the verge of destroying the entire established media universe.
I am a new jack to the blogosphere, both as a reader and writer. And I do think the concept of blogging is revolutionary. Its cool to think that ordinary people with little, zero, or negative cash flow can can compete on the big stage with large more established and better financed media companies. But can we just check ourselves a minute? The "Old Boys" have been doing this longer than I have been alive. They have larger and smarter staffs, and nothing else to do all day (being that reporting news and providing content is their profession and lively hood) I will grant that the "Old Boys" have gotten complacent and become sensation seeking gossip mongers. (not entirely their fault being that there is a huge market for the stuff)
Blogs are not going to replace "Old Boys" as the primary sources of News in this country. In my little bit of experience I found that blogs are reactive. People blog about stuff that happens to them. Bloggers are not going to be first hand reporters. So if there was no "Old Boy" news networks to bring us the info in the first place what the heck would we blog about?
What I can see is blogs as the sounding board to what the US and the world is thinking. I suspect CBS News and Dan Rather will be around for a while. (I hope so.) But Nielsen Media Research better watch their backs.
