Kathleen Parker on Blogs breaking logjam of journalism:
If not for blogs, Howell Raines might still be editor of The New York Times; Trent Lott might still be majority leader of the U.S. Senate. And we might never have learned the name of "whatshername," Blue-Dress Girl, Lewinsky.
OK, maybe not. Raines and Lott would have left anyway, and Lewinsky was inevitable, but their stories might have evolved at a slower pace. A human rather than a technology-driven pace. For such is the gift, the curse and the essence of the blogosphere. Speed. "Instaneity," a word I just made up because we need it. News in a pixel instant because New York minutes have gotten too slow.
Kathleen, thanks for showing the blogosphere some love. Really, we can be a handy resource and a journalist's best friend, or in the case of some – their worst enemy. It is all in how folks behave. Or misbehave for some.