Just turned on the NBC Evening News, and they are featuring a story on Bloggers, in respect to their role in exposing the Rather documents as fakes. They ask the question, “Who are they, and how did they get so powerful?” Funny, we don’t feel so powerful.
Tom Brokaw opened by calling us “amatuer pubdits”. A breif interview with Scott Johnson. whose conservative blog Power Lines was almost instantly all over the Rather documents followed. Then a 10 second definition of what a blog is, featuring a clever graphic of the words “Web Log” on a computer screen contracting to BLOG. Motivation? According to Tom, media distrust. Modality? Anything goes. Method? Media bashing. What else could we expect from a big-time Media mouthpiece like Tom. He dredged up the hoary story of Trent Lott once again, and closed by proclaiming us “A new voice in setting the national agenda”.
We wish. We truly do.