{"id":252,"date":"2006-01-18T23:58:14","date_gmt":"2006-01-19T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/when-msm-attacks\/"},"modified":"2006-04-27T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2006-04-27T21:12:38","slug":"when-msm-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/media\/when-msm-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"When MSM Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Net, relationships <\/p>\n

and credible information<\/a> by Steve Lawrence, Editor of Crosswinds Weekly<\/p>\n

Blogs are the New Journalism, the new sources for <\/p>\n

information for the masses<\/em>, the new News. Blogs and those Internet hangouts<\/em>, share some glaring and disturbing<\/em> <\/p>\n

commonalities. Each is a high\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdtech substitute<\/em> for a bedrock social or intellectual institution. Each poses<\/em> as its <\/p>\n

predecessor. And each is profoundly different in ways that are changing the culture \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd and not for the better<\/em>. Each is <\/p>\n

diluting, if not perverting<\/em>, the quality, intensity \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd reliability, if you will \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd of the institutions they are quickly <\/p>\n

replacing.<\/p>\n

It’s a little ironic that Steve Lawrence used an opinion piece to denigrate the entire <\/p>\n

blogosphere. He reminds me of those bloggers, mainly conservatives, who completely dismiss the “MSM” (Mainstream Media) as archaic. Both <\/p>\n

extremes are ridiculous.<\/p>\n

With millions of people blogging, we can find anecdotal evidence we need to support any argument. Suffice <\/p>\n

it to say, you used to have to be a Steve Lawrence to get your opinion out there and now that’s no longer necessary. The Internet has <\/p>\n

opened up communication world-wide, the Web has put a printing press in every person’s hands, and the blogosphere is a public forum as <\/p>\n

faulty as any group of people.<\/p>\n

While there are just a handful of print publications in Albuquerque, there are several dozen very good blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Steve’s editorial were a blog entry, you <\/p>\n

could easily add your reaction *now*. In such a case, we might see hundreds of people from anywhere in the world participating in a real <\/p>\n

discussion, instead of waiting a week for Steve to print his favorite letter-to-the-editor.<\/p>\n

Ironically, when Steve’s column is 6 <\/p>\n

days old, the paper version will never be seen again. Whereas, linked from a blog entry, it could find new readers to appreciate and <\/p>\n

appraise it. Most of my blog entries involve excerpts from and links to items from the MSM that I think my readers may have missed; some <\/p>\n

find them months after the original item has sunk beneath the constantly growing mound of “news.” Often, I don’t include any opinion at <\/p>\n

all, though as often, my opinion is probably obvious. But, by linking to the source that stimulated my thoughts, I let you decide for <\/p>\n

yourself.<\/p>\n

I have a place in my daily life for both old and new media. If Lawrence completely dismisses new media for being beneath <\/p>\n

his dignity, he’s depriving himself, as is his right. But his wholesale dismissal comes across as a bit self-serving (as is my defense <\/p>\n

of blogging, you’ll note). mjh<\/span><\/p>\n

Update 1\/26\/06: mjh\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds blog — A Moment of Silence for Crosswinds Weekly<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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