Thursday, December 30, 2004
The rising tide
Wretchard, in his recent Belmont post on the blogosphere, has held up a mirror; and everyone is getting a better idea of what this 'thing' looks like. Metaphors abound. In its effects it is like a flood tide, lifting all boats - well, unless the boat is MSM, in which case the hull is badly fractured.
Putting it more bluntly is one of the commenters on the 'thread', who characterizes the mismatch this way: "The blog world is to the MSM what a thousand Bruce Lees with numchuks are to a blindfolded, one-armed fat man wearing cement overshoes." That is hilarious, but humor aside this same person makes some very interesting observations, not the least of which is that "2004 will be seen as the inflection point" in the rise of the blogs.
Not a few high profile bloggers have linked to Belmont on this one. The thread, taken together with the recent appearance and likely impact of Hugh's new book, does indeed suggest a self awareness, as Wretchard would have it.
The Belmont piece will go down as one of the big "food-for-thought" essays of the year.
Putting it more bluntly is one of the commenters on the 'thread', who characterizes the mismatch this way: "The blog world is to the MSM what a thousand Bruce Lees with numchuks are to a blindfolded, one-armed fat man wearing cement overshoes." That is hilarious, but humor aside this same person makes some very interesting observations, not the least of which is that "2004 will be seen as the inflection point" in the rise of the blogs.
Not a few high profile bloggers have linked to Belmont on this one. The thread, taken together with the recent appearance and likely impact of Hugh's new book, does indeed suggest a self awareness, as Wretchard would have it.
The Belmont piece will go down as one of the big "food-for-thought" essays of the year.
# posted by mds : 10:15 PM
