a delayed reply to my last post
Sooo…I guess that’s the beauty of blogging — avoiding the rewrite.
I was just reflecting how every news, non-profit, for-profit, freelancer, consultor, denstist outfit, private citizen, and Beanie Baby collector is in a position now to rewrite and refilter the news. There’s pressure if you run your own website remotely connected to the world outside yourself (—which is everyone?—) to write and respond to news. Tell the news from your perspective. Tell how everyone else got the news wrong. Spin. Clarification. Whatever.
Putting aside the discussion of the possibility or role of “journalistic objectivity”, when everyone **rewrites** the news, what they’re actually trying to do is **respond** to the news. Re-writing the news is then a waste of time for…well, all parties involved.
Cue the blog — a space to reference, site, and RESPOND to current events, quips, blips, etc. Save your breath with a link back to the news site of your choosing and tell us your reason for posting. What do you have to say?
The blog centralizes the role of the individual/organization response to news, places new relevance in /some/ sort of news aggregater (whether its more of a general RSS feed than a NYT is open for discussion), reduces associated spam/redudant content, and saves workers from menial tasks.
Sounds pretty good to me…
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