Jay Rosen’s observations at Press Think about the old guard journalists, are very valid.

He cites Tom Brokaw, who called the Bloggers Vs Dan Rather affair a ‘political jihad.’ The event was a panel discussion, featuring Tom, Dan and Peter, on campaign coverage. It was held by the New Yorker magazine.

While it is easy to praise of blame bloggers for what happened, let’s not kid ourselves that blogs are the all-powerful replacement to big media. There are all kinds of communication channels/devices, accelerating the spread of information, and creating buzz. Here’s an interesting quote from TIME, magazine (“Blue Truth, Red Truth”) that captures the essence of modern communications:

Thus do the most important issues unfold, not just across the gray pages of the serious papers but in a foaming free-for-all in which every charge, however fair or false, gets BlackBerried and instant messaged in a Darwinian democracy of ideas. TIME, Sept 27th, 2004