Joseph Rago, an assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal, has published a scathing op-ed that calls bloggers fools that are read by imbeciles. He posits that we "ride along with the MSM like remora fish on the bellies of sharks, picking at the scraps."
Well, my fellow "imbeciles," (geez is that strong or what?) if there's one point here it is that too often we rely on the mainstream media as our air supply. Perhaps it's time we start spotlighting some new, emerging voices and skip the papers for a bit. I am getting a little tired of the same people linking back and forth to each other and to the same stories.
A couple of years ago I ran an experiment where I consumed all my news from blogs. You know what, it worked. I found lots of new voices. I miss reading new blogs. Any takers? Here are five new blogs I like: Conversation Agent, Folksonomy.org, Logic+Emotion, Outside Innovation and eBuiqity. I see that Scoble's on the same kick.
