The lastest example of media backlash directed at bloggers comes to us courtesy of one Marie Cocco. This section of her piece gave me a good larf:
Bloggers, at least in the United States where the press is unfettered by government, aren't journalists. They're contemporary political pamphleteers. Like political agitators throughout history, they've got a legitimate role to play in trying to persuade a larger audience to take action against institutions they believe aren't serving them well--whether it's big government, big media or big corporations. A politician who ignores blogs does so at his or her own peril.
But few pajama-clad bloggers were seen wading through hip-deep water in New Orleans to cover the perils wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the way that mainstream reporters and camera crews did.
No, they preferred to wait and report on events as they actually happened instead of passing on wild rumors of rape, cannibalism, etc.
They generally aren't eager to be bivouacked in Baghdad, either.
She has a point here. Rather than holing up in a Baghdad hotel, those bloggers who have gone to Iraq have usually gone out wih the troops. You know, where the real story is?
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