DISQUS

yeah, i think it's really important that, at least for now, we preserve some sort of public information body (like that of the media) as an institution, and not just as an organic movement of "citizen-journalists." it's cool to be engaged in discussion and debate, but without some sort of personality as an organized group, it's tough to exercise much sway when it comes to investigative reporting.

decentralizing media is a cool idea, and i think it's important that we recognize what a boon it can be to spreading ideas and encouraging communication between peoples. in one sense, it creates a guerilla force of people who are out, (sometimes purportedly untainted by financial interest) taking plainclothes observations about the world around them. but if, in the fervor of blogospheredom, we tear down the brick-and-mortars, i worry we risk making journalistic pillar susceptible to divide-and-conquer suppression.

i think (or at least hope) that it's possible to reconcile the breadth and robin-hooded altruism of citizen-journalism with the formal swagger that newspapers wield—or used to. hopefully your blogging will help save the clumsy beasts from extinction.

yours is better, though... and yes, i get that he's leaving where the buffalo roam and the skies are not cloudy all day.

Set pace for grueling! Grueling!!