Comments on: Blogging: We have met Big Brother, and it is us http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/ News, politics and the media in the River City Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eu, Jornalista Cidadã | I, Journalist Citizen « O Lago | The Lake http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-99131 Eu, Jornalista Cidadã | I, Journalist Citizen « O Lago | The Lake Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:27:17 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-99131 [...] importância e repercussões do jornalismo do cidadão. A ler também a resposta dada por Billy Dennis a uma opinião de um crítico à possibilidade de todos podermos ser [...] [...] importância e repercussões do jornalismo do cidadão. A ler também a resposta dada por Billy Dennis a uma opinião de um crítico à possibilidade de todos podermos ser [...]

]]> By: LJ http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-99001 LJ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:22:48 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-99001 Link to Andrew Keen saying on the Colbert Report "Whats wrong with being an elitist" and other ridiculous arguments. This guy is to journalism what Ann Coulter is to politics. http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?ml_video=91639 Link to Andrew Keen saying on the Colbert Report “Whats wrong with being an elitist” and other ridiculous arguments.

This guy is to journalism what Ann Coulter is to politics.

http://www.comedycentral.com/m.....ideo=91639

]]> By: Billy Dennis http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98999 Billy Dennis Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:57:18 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98999 Count me among those people who believe that the "great claims for blogging have been overblown." It is just that the "great claims" are being made by those who don't like blogging and wish it would go away. It's a straw man argument. Most bloggers are like me. They see it as a useful supplement to the news one gets from the mainstream media, and as a force for keeping the MSM and the politicians honest. In it online journalism that poses the greatest threat to the current newspaper and broadcast business model, in which profits are based on the ownership of printing presses and broadcast towers. In other words, it's a business model based on being the gatekeepers. Not anymore. That is why news orgs are tossing all their content online for free: To freeze out online startups by making them rely ONLY on advertising, not on modest subscription fees. Count me among those people who believe that the “great claims for blogging have been overblown.”

It is just that the “great claims” are being made by those who don’t like blogging and wish it would go away. It’s a straw man argument. Most bloggers are like me. They see it as a useful supplement to the news one gets from the mainstream media, and as a force for keeping the MSM and the politicians honest.

In it online journalism that poses the greatest threat to the current newspaper and broadcast business model, in which profits are based on the ownership of printing presses and broadcast towers. In other words, it’s a business model based on being the gatekeepers.

Not anymore.

That is why news orgs are tossing all their content online for free: To freeze out online startups by making them rely ONLY on advertising, not on modest subscription fees.

]]> By: AnotherExJSer http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98997 AnotherExJSer Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:48:32 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98997 I'm a retired journalist and think some of the great claims for blogging have been overblown. But I heard Bob Brinker interview Andrew Keen on his "Money Talk" radio show a few months back. The guy comes off, quite simply, as an elitist. Try as I might, I just couldn't buy his argument, which, taken to its ultimate conclusion, would be that journalists should be licensed. I’m a retired journalist and think some of the great claims for blogging have been overblown. But I heard Bob Brinker interview Andrew Keen on his “Money Talk” radio show a few months back. The guy comes off, quite simply, as an elitist.

Try as I might, I just couldn’t buy his argument, which, taken to its ultimate conclusion, would be that journalists should be licensed.

]]> By: Cory http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98981 Cory Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:55:00 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/11/27/blogging-we-have-met-big-brother-and-it-is-us/#comment-98981 There really aren't very many great journalists writing for anyone. The newspapers are setting the bar pretty low. There really aren’t very many great journalists writing for anyone. The newspapers are setting the bar pretty low.

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