http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/article_438.shtml

 

The interview is interesting. He talks a lot about blogs destoying print media, and the general decline of media and reporting.

 

But there was one quote I had to laugh at.

 

In response to a student’s question, Okrent said he is fearful about the growth of Internet web blogs because of the difficulty in determining their credibility. He said the future of newspaper organizations lies in their ability to be seen as more reliable than blogs. During his 18-month tenure as The Times’ first “public editor,” Okrent said, he was astonished how many times he heard people declare as accepted fact things they had read on a political blog.

I'm hoping the bloggers help keep the media honest. Or, maybe I should say, MAKE the media be more honest. It's kind of ironic, but all these years the media has been advocating themselves as America's watchdog. Now, the blogger's are playing the role of watchdog with the media. Thank God Al Gore invented the internet.