Stern lectures for the logically-challenged. Others have opinions, I have convictions.
Friday, January 07, 2005
I'm Bracing Myself
The investigation into Dan Rather's use of forged documents to smear President Bush in the weeks leading up to the election is due to be released Friday (today). I'm bracing myself for the bloggers' reaction. Here's a prediction. The mainstream media is incapable of investigating itself. They refuse to even acknowledge that they're liberal. This report will be a whitewash, it will be an embarrassment and it will infuriate the new media. I sleep days, but the minute I wake up, I'll be at my computer looking for blogger reactions. CBS STILL doesn't get it! The fact is that bloggers work harder than journalists. They don't approach stories with preconceptions. They dig deeper. They work long hours. They are enthusiastic about what they do. And a lot of time, they're smarter and better educated than journalists. In other words, they are everything old media journalists are not. And if CBS tries a cover-up in this long-awaited report, bloggers are going to give them a spanking like they've never seen before.