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To: Win Smith who wrote (24085)	4/9/2002 1:05:01 PM
From: tekboy	Respond to of 281500

Undermining the hegemony of global media giants? In the bloggers' dreams, I guess. Anybody getting their news that way is in somewhat worse shape than the local bloviating pundit junkies. I disagree. Of course they're not going to displace traditional news media entirely, but they are likely to remain a pretty hardy fixture of the broader media universe--just like the cable news channels. They can shine a spotlight on issues that the big boys don't choose to cover, point out problems and inaccuracies with mainstream coverage, and keep stories alive that would otherwise have died. As for news sources, they're comparable to this thread--lots of links, some to worthy stuff, some to crazy shit. tb@newmedia.com