Comments on: Essay: Internet Killed the Newspaper Baron

By: Alani

Alani — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:17:12 +0000

hi i enjoyed the read

By: Craig Rubens

Craig Rubens — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:27:18 +0000

You are absolutely right that Murrows do no develop in a vacuum. And it is true that many bloggers and YouTubers do operate in relative isolation. However, with the likes of MyBlogLog, Sphere, and social networking and news sites, it is difficult for good ideas to remain isolated.

For these reasons I hope that media literacy programs become more comprehensive and are taught to younger and younger generations.

By: Tish Grier

Tish Grier — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:24:21 +0000

I know your question about the YouTube version of Edward R Murrow’s rhetorical, but think about it…Murrow was cultivated, taught, mentored into being who he became. Murrows don’t grow in vacuums, and the thing is that most producing UGC for YouTube are, like many bloggers, working in vacuums. To ask citizens to blossom into Murrows is asking a bit much (even rhetorically.)

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By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:34:18 +0000

I’m rather fond of Pogue’s videos. I’d rather have too much personality than the drab monotone found in many of their straight news videos. In spite of that, there is some great first-hand footage, of Iraqis for example: A Bombing in Baghdad.
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=29cf262684616efc7bedb0c9f42ed9889d63bf7e

Watching that Dan Rather clip from his SXSW press interviews, I can’t help but fondly remember my brief ancounter with him.
http://www.mnstories.com/archives/2007/03/dan_rather_behi.html