It's almost too perfect. A mainstream reporter mocks a story a blogger has been working to break, asserting that "it all makes perfect conspiratorial sense!", and that the blogger is "seeing broad partisan conspiracies where none likely exist," only to backtrack a few weeks later when the story explodes across the front pages of the major dailies. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
This story bring up several important issues. First, why does the "traditional" media not cover important stories like this better? Second, are Internet sites a viable alternative? Unfortunately, I have found some pretty glaring errors online--not that I haven't in other media. The NYT reporting on Iraqi WMD comes to mind. This story covers a time when bloggers got it right. It's not the first. However, as the story points out, most bloggers don't have the time or resources to source and check stories. Also, a lot of bloggers rely on traditional reporters for source material. In those cases, their "aggregate method of Web reporting" is no better than their sources. There's a real need here. So far, neither method seems able to ... More »
A great piece that shows us how this story broke, focused on the role that both new media and msm have played. Even-handed while still calling out the MSM for it's initial smug-ness and and giving the blogosphere its due. I found the analysis of the role of local newspapers particularly interesting.
Good critique of mainstream media bias and the work that social media can accomplish. The criticism is broad and should be narrowed to a few decision makers just as credit for good citizen journalism only resides with some bloggers.
This is just the kind of journalism we need. It gives even more creedence to the fact that one of the unofficial journalist bloggers on Talking Points Memo has been picked up by Brain Ross to do investigative journalism on Mainstream T.V. whereby legitimizing Justin Rood's integrity. At least he got his foot in the door, some people can't even get a big toe in the door, because nobody will give 'em the chance. Crowd sourcing is on the rise. This is not rocket science and I think this just agitates the heck outta some people's washing machines. Unofficially of course.
Good discussion of the difference between Time magazine and good political blogs. Time calls TPM's secret to success "instincts," but if they demystified it, they'd realize it's really simple: be skeptical of Republicans who've lied to us again and again.
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