"But that was never going to happen. For conservatives, the advent of Rush
Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and FoxNews and the blogosphere is all good news. But
for liberals, the move from a world dominated by three big liberal networks, two
big liberal newsmagazines, and two great liberal newspapers to a world in which
bloggers can bring down a network anchor and the Times' own executive editor is
an absolute and utter catastrophe, even if some of those bloggers happen to be
liberal themselves.
"American are living now in a world of media diversity. It's the worst thing to happen to Democratic hopes since the Sunbelt went Republican. It's understandable that the Times would feel surly. The only wonder is that this time it chose to vent that surliness against bloggers who want nothing more than to contribute their mite to the Times' own team."
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
A super (important) post on the new media diversity
Frum on the type of diversity liberals hate: