Politech: Ex-CBSer: Bloggers replacing journalists like "parasites replacing dogs"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/08/opinion/main654285.shtml

Eric Engberg was a correspondent for CBS News in Washington prior to
his retirement two years ago.

The public is now assaulted by news and pretend-news from many
directions, thanks to the now infamous "information superhighway." But
the ability to transmit words, we learned during the Citizens Band
radio fad of the 70Õs, does not mean that any knowledge is being
passed along. One of the verdicts rendered by election night 2004 is
that, given their lack of expertise, standards and, yes, humility, the
chances of the bloggers replacing mainstream journalism are about as
good as the parasite replacing the dog it fastens on.
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