Dad - it's good to see that you are back online with the blogging world. I don't know if you saw the news about Eason Jordan's resignation last Friday (from a top spot at CNN), but it was because of comments he made in January in Davos, Switzerland. The reporters who heard his comments didn't report on them, but one blogger did, and the blogging world applied pressure in attempt to discover the truth of what Jordan said, being (mostly) ignored by the traditional media, until the truth forced Jordan to resign. In the aftermath, it seems the traditional media doesn't like the spotlight it has been using for the past few hundred years being turned around on itself. Interesting related articles in NYTimes, Washington Post, etc.
I like the term some bloggers are using for the blogs, "citizen media." It has a nice, populist ring.
Things are going the same for me - I'll give you a call later this week, Dad.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
One last thing - JP, you had sent around an email of one of the conspiracy theories concerning the Pentagon on 9/11/2001. Popular Mechanics has a nice round-up debunking a number of conspiracy theories related to 9/11, including that one. The website is: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html?page=1

C
- posted by Christoph Roggenkamp @ 2/14/2005 02:34:00 PM