Big Media Takes Another Blow

With Eason Jordon's resignation, we're seeing again the capacity for New Media to hold older outlets to account. In this case, more so than with Rathergate, big media simply ignored the story altogether, hoping no doubt to save one of their own from humiliation. Moreover, this time it was embattled CNN that was under fire -- the old warhorse for the left that already sold its soul to Saddam for continued coverage in Iraq, and which is flailing about since the rise of Fox as an alternative cable news outlet. So there were plenty of reasons for protecting Jordon and CNN from the new hounds on his trail.

But of course, it didn't work. And it won't work next time, either -- and there will be a next time. Perhaps because I blog and spend a bit of time each day reading in the blogosphere, I'm continually amazed that so many of the old war horses still don't understand the new information world they're living in. One might think that, in the aftermath of Rathergate and the Swift Vets stories, some would understand that, unless you're reading the blogs daily, you're simply out-of-touch. There's no way to follow the news these days -- papers, television, and even talk radio -- without knowing what the bloggers are saying. That's the new reality.

Captain Ed captures this perfectly:

Michelle Malkin has a good post, with many links. As she says,

See also the posts and commentary at Instapundit; La Shawn Barber; Power Line; Howard Kurtz has a piece in today's Post. The Times runs a story today that uses Bret Stephens's disappointing op-ed in Thursday's Journal to defend Jordon.

More comments as the day progresses.