Who Gave The Bloggers Too Much Credit?
from the perhaps-it-was-the-press... dept
When the NY Times kicked out their editors last week, there was a very quick debate over whether or not bloggers had anything to do with it. There had been lots of excitement a few months back when the bloggers helped keep the Trent Lott story alive, but it was a lot less clear when it came to the resignation of the NY Times editors. Most bloggers that I read seemed to quickly debate the issue and then agree that blogs had little to do with keeping the story alive. If anything, it was other reporters gloating over the NY Times failures that kept attention on the story. Mark Glaser is now taking a look at whether or not bloggers should take credit for the resignations and concludes (as most bloggers have) that the answer is no. I think the more interesting point is that the "bloggers get credit" story was pushed a lot stronger by journalists than bloggers. It was almost as if they felt they missed a story about the power of blogs when the whole Trent Lott thing happened, and wanted to make sure they didn't miss it this time around.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
