Hope you had a good new year.BLOGGERS: THE NEW FACE OF JOURNALISM
The TV networks and major newspapers now face spirited competition from
blogs (i.e., Web logs) offered by independent political commentators. Here
are a few blogs you might want to become familiar with: Instapundit.com;
AndrewSullivan.com; TalkingPointsMemo.com; DrudgeReport.com; DailyKos.com;
RealClearPolitics.com; and Kausfiles.com. Washington lobbyist Ellen Miller
says that blogging "takes the media out of the hands of the corporate world
and puts it into the hands of guys with computers"; Glenn Reynolds, a law
professor and blogger (Instapundit.com) says the blogosphere has become an
"idea farm" for the established media; Andrew Sullivan (AndrewSullivan.com)
says blogging is "like having a giant communal brain"; and Tom Bevan
(RealClearPolitics.com) says that blogging means that "if you have something
to say that's interesting, you will eventually be heard." (USA Today 30 Dec
2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-30-blogging-usat_x.htm