Cross posted at Booman Tribune.
As I'm writing this the Quick Vote on CNN.com is "Should the man who found a
severed finger in a pint of custard have returned the digit right away?"
The top story at ABCNews.com is "Men Describe Jackson Sleepovers" and
last night my local television news station, KOAI, led with 2 car accidents and
a house fire.
But I don't really want to discuss television
news. It is what it is. I really want to talk a bit
about old media's fascination with, and demonization of, two new media phenomena:
blogs and Jon Stewart. I suppose, technically speaking, Jon Stewart's Daily Show
is on television which is a decidedly old media medium; but let's not quibble
about details. The Daily Show is a fake news show which satirizes real
news shows whose news is often less informative than the 'fake' show's news.
That, in my book, makes it a new media phenomenon.
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