November 9, 2004
Big Media Bites Back
Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism, by Eric Engberg:
“The public is now assaulted by news and pretend-news from many directions, thanks to the now infamous ‘information superhighway.’ But the ability to transmit words, we learned during the Citizens Band radio fad of the 70’s, does not mean that any knowledge is being passed along. One of the verdicts rendered by election night 2004 is that, given their lack of expertise, standards and, yes, humility, the chances of the bloggers replacing mainstream journalism are about as good as the parasite replacing the dog it fastens on.”
Just wait until the bloggers break the story that the exit polls were indeed accurate, but many electronic voting machines were rigged (no paper trail, remember) resulting in a massive fraud.
