Time.com has an interesting article about blogs being the new media source:
Over the past five years, blogs have gone from an obscure and, frankly, somewhat nerdy fad to a genuine alternative to mainstream news outlets, a shadow media empire that is rivaling networks and newspapers in power and influence. Which raises the question: Who are these folks anyway? And what exactly are they doing to the established pantheon of American media?
Couple things:
1. Media Empire? No, that’s Time Warner’s job.
2. I really don’t see myself as reporting news. I find interesting links and I post ’em. And maybe I’ll gripe about what’s been written, too. Yeah, lots of originality there.
3. Even Time admits in the article that they’re about as late to the party as this website is. Blogs have been around since at least ’97 and really hit big a year ago with the Iraq war. Everyone has an opinion, so around that time, everyone started getting their own blog (‘cept of course my lazy ass who waited a year). 🙂
Still an interesting read though. I kinda find it amusing that someone, somewhere in the mainstream media finds bloggers as some sort of media force to be reckoned with.