Thoughts on Blogs

Glenn Reynolds has part two on the future of blogging at TCS and it's worth reading in its entirity (part one is here).

Clearly, the blogosphere plays a crucial role as fact-checkers for the MSM. But, as Glenn Reynolds says, we'll all need to do better as the profile of bloggers grows higher. After all, we're not simply finding new readers and making friends; we're making enemies.

Reynolds: "Which brings me to my last prediction. Actually, it's one I've made before: '[I]f Big Media let their position go without a fight to keep it by fair means or foul, they'll be the first example of a privileged group that did so. So beware.' I think we're already beginning to see signs of that backlash, in the wake of the humiliation visited on Big Media by RatherGate -- and the press establishment's general lack of enthusiasm for free speech for others (as evidenced by its support for campaign finance 'reform') suggests that it'll be happy to see alternative media muzzled. You want to keep this media revolution going? Be ready to fight for it."