September 18, 2004
More corrective than supplantive
Mesh responded to my RFC with a post of his own, arguing that while the blogosphere seemed to serve a useful purpose in this case, there is a useful purpose that the MSM serves that is probably irreplacable. Well, INDCJournal, one of the blogs that was a principal instrument in breaking the Danron scandal, had this to say. Essentially, Aaron isn't the only one who thinks that the end of institutional, hierarchical, established media outlets is a bad thing. At their best, they bring professionalism, insight, vast investigatory resources, and years of experience to problems by which the general public could easily be but need not be confused. Which is basically what Aaron had to say. Which doesn't surprise me much, because Mesh tends to be awesome.
When I clicked on the word awesome, I got this message:
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The requested URL /mesh/rushmore.doc was not found on this server.
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Apache Server at www.chattablogs.com Port 80
Thought perhaps you'd like to know.
Hmm. I found the link from mesh's site. The file must not be there anymore. Oh well.
Posted by: ryan at September 20, 2004 04:34 PMHe must not have been able to endure the compelling magnetism of his own awesomeness.
Posted by: hugo at September 21, 2004 01:54 PMI rarely am. Same goes for women, oddly enough.
Posted by: mesh at September 23, 2004 05:12 PMWhat is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,
which is the exact opposite.
-- Bertrand Russell, Skeptical_Essays, 1928