Comments on: Bloggers Changing Court Nomination Process?

By: Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet)

Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet) — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:55:50 +0000

You are right about that, James, but I think I get more and better information about most of the major issues by checking out the aforementioned "cream of the crop" on the blogosphere (and links where appropriate) than I get from reading the NYT or WAPO or "weekly news mags" as I used to do from (roughly) 1956-1998.

The WSJ, and some of the NYT feature articles are exceptions.

By: The Politburo Diktat

The Politburo Diktat — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:49:19 +0000

Bush Picks Roberts

John Roberts Nominated to Supreme Court

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By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:27:17 +0000

Roberts Watch

TTLB has a Roberts tracking page, and NRO's Bench Memos has plenty of running commentary. UPDATE: Kossites watching Bush's announcement...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:18:54 +0000

Jim: There are some very bright people in the blogosphere and some very bright ones in the mainstream press. There are higher barriers to entry to getting a job with a newspaper or magazine though, than starting a blog.

Certainly, the average PhD or lawyer blogger is more knowledgeable about the issues they specialize in than any but the very best beat reporters for the best papers. But we can't compare just the cream of the crop bloggers to the average reporter and have a meaningful comparison.

By: Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet)

Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet) — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:59:40 +0000

"Average reporter more informed and better educated than average blogger" (orwordstothateffect)

Than you? than Insty? Schramm and the No Left Turns guys? Prof Bainbridge? Volokh, et al? Althouse? Roger Simon? Beldar? Drezner? Dauber? Belgrade? Wretchard? Jarvis? Pejman? J. Goldberg?

Please. I'll put this gang's education, erudition and wealth of information up against the pundits on the major news networks and even the vaunted reporters on the NYT and Post, Time and NWeek.

Do you disagree?

By: Just Me

Just Me — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:41:29 +0000

I totally agree on the benefit of collective knowledge. Especially given the number of lawyers and poli sci people in the blogsphere-they can generally parse news/events quickly and more effectively than a reporter with a journalism degree can.

By: bRight & Early

bRight & Early — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:38:06 +0000

New News

Surely any blog reader who has been online at all this morning knows that President Bush will announce his nominee to the SCOTUS seat being vacated by Sandra Day O’Conner this evening. Or as Captain Ed headlined it, “Bush To Announce End T...