Those ancient debates about whether the Internet lowers journalistic standards and drags the Mainstream Media into the slime have become irrelevant. For a large chunk of the electorate--the young chunk--the Internet has become the major source of information.Obviously, it's not a question of need, but one might ask the same thing about "Authorized Journalists," particularly when the first blog leftist Time cites in its Top 25 is the fascist HuffPo.
Eric Holder willing, we'll continue occupying our little corner to bring to light what you won't see in the public/private partnership media. And Eric Holder not willing, I suspect we'll be getting...uh...creative at "guerilla marketing" by then...
[Via Joe G]
The Internet's use is based totally on the people who use it. Yes, blogs allow people to intentionally polarize and shield themselves to a degree from other views on the world. I think there's a flaw in this argument in that, for most people, we're exposed to an assortment of different views almost continuously, but let's ignore that.
ReplyDeleteSo the question becomes, do we trust individuals to educate themselves as they wish to learn, or do we hand that over to a limited few to choose on our behalf (on the assumption that they will in fact choose to provide balanced news, and not themselves slip into bias)? Do we trust the individual, or the larger organization?
I don't think there's any way a libertarian can choose solely the latter. A socialist might, but only if the latter were under socialist control.
I'm about ready to grab my red spray paint and start putting nice circled "V"s over statist propaganda.
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