Never Underestimate the Power of the Blog

I don't even watch the news anymore. There are two basic reasons for this. One is that I have two young children and we are typically eating supper, reading books, or playing together during this time. Yes, of course, I have TiVo. But I'm not inclined to watch the news later because of reason number two. The second reason is because of the Internet. I can get the news I want when I want it. Google News is hard to beat for me for generic news of the day. But I also get other more tailored-to-my-interests news from bloggers.

Just to remind everyone what a blogger is, you're reading a blog right now and I'm a blogger. The power of having so many people (over 6.6 million by BlogCount's estimate) writing about whatever they choose and publishing it to the world is amazing. Gather that many people and you are sure to have legitimate experts on virtually every subject. Sure, you have to filter through the noise, but you choose your sources. And there are sources worth choosing.

The most recent, and most prominent to date, example of blogger power was the debacle at CBS with their story of (forged) documents relating to President Bush's military service. This finally brings me to the point of this post which is for you to read What Blogs Have Wrought. This is an excellent chronology of how the events unfolded in a very short amount of time and how the power of blogs came out on top of the mainstream media. Before the advent of blogs, this error might well have gone unnoticed. Posted by Chris on 9/20/2004 02:02:00 PM :: Permalink   
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