>Sounds to me like bloggers are the new journalists Journalism used to be considered the fourth branch of government, keeping the other branches and large inst

>Sounds to me like bloggers are the new journalists Journalism used to be considered the fourth branch of government, keeping the other branches and large institutions in check. Blogs are the startups of the journalism world. As America moves from bureaucratic capitalism with large institutions to entrepreneurial capitalism with many small firms & independent players, the responsibility to call out unethical behavior is transferred from news companies to the individual.