Comments on: Blogging the Libby Trial: OTB and MBA on CNN

By: The Hindsight Factor

The Hindsight Factor — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:03:17 +0000

Libby: Leftly Leaning - Monday, January 22nd...

With voir dire on weekend hiatus, David Shuster over at Hardblogger recaps some highlights and suggests Fitzgerald may be hinting at some aggressive cross-examination for the vice-president.
MBA president, Robert Cox, offers a more restrained perspect...

By: Scott_T

Scott_T — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:39:37 +0000

Oh please, WE all know you are doing this for you wife. So she can claim that she's married to a TV star. ;-)

Congrats.

By: Don Surber » Blog Archive » Quick hits

Don Surber » Blog Archive » Quick hits — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:18:18 +0000

[...] James Joyner blogged the Libby trial and wound up on CNN. [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:06:45 +0000

Congrats James!!

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:56:15 +0000

I think what the bloggers bring is diversity. Not in a gene pool lottery sort of diversity, but in a different life experience and philosophy diversity. Part of the reason all the MSM coverage will be the same is that it all is coming through a filter that is remarkable uniform in its life experience and philosophy.

Further, the blogger with comments is an interactive medium that allows for more shading of what goes on. The 'army of Davids' reviewers of the blog (aka readers) can ask questions and point out inconsistencies that add to the overall report. There is no magic in blogging that couldn't be replicated in the MSM except for the internal mindset of the MSM.

From a previous thread, I'll extend the car analogy. Japan didn't have better raw materials to make cars with, they made better cars. They also could make them cheaper even though they had an inherent barrier in having to ship them over a large ocean. Access to the news that is happening is like access to raw materials. Once both bloggers and MSM have equal access (which is likely to be a long way off for most news stories), then like Detroit vs Tokyo, the issue is how you shape the raw resource.