Comments on: Big Media Really Is Afraid Of Blogs

By: tkc

tkc — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:09:45 +0000

I think part of the problem is that Mr. Williams is essentially in the same situation the horse-cart makers were in when the automobile turned up.

The internet is making the teleprompter reader irrelevent. I can’t remember the last time I watched any nightly news program.

The old media is dying. I, for one, won’t miss it.

By: trav.is

trav.is — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:58:50 +0000

Perhaps this wouldn’t be the case if Williams and his ilk were even half as representative as Vinny.

His remark shows his elitism. Is living in an efficiency somehow a defect or evidence that one doesn’t think correctly, Mr. Williams?

By: Mark T

Mark T — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:40:14 +0000

Mr. Williams seems to confuse “developing credentials” as a journalist (a word that once meant one who reported events without editorial commentary) with his right to hold an opinion. Mr. Williams seems to believe that only those who have been in the field for a long time are informed enough to have an opinion. It appears to be arrogance for him to characterize all persons who post content to the internet as marginal. He believes his (and his colleague’s) opinion are the only informed point of view.

I see it differently: Vinny is as entitled to hold an opinion, to express opinion, or to be wrong as Mr. Williams.

Get over it, Mr. Williams. You’re not as influential as you think you are.

By: trumpetbob15

trumpetbob15 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:33:57 +0000

You know, the nice thing about bloogers is that they are honest in their biases. I don’t think I can say the same thing about Mr. “I have credentials” Williams. Give me a couple bloggers, the option to read what I want, and I can easily live without Brian Williams or his network news show. I can figure out the truth on my own, even if it does come from some guy living in an efficiency apartment.