Newscoma

Xarkgirl calls out the newspaper industry.

As happens so often, the blogosphere — which newspapers STILL think is nothing but a collection of kitty photos and grammatically flawed rants  — has been so far ahead of the curve, that I, for one, can’t stand talking about it anymore. It’s like a freshman who just discovered existentialism and makes a black-and-white film about death.

So many “leaders” are standing on the shoulders of giants, discussing these ideas has if they thought of them, as if they are now the insightful experts who will lead the way. To what, exactly?

Dave Winer posted this comment on the Outing piece :

These people are only thinking about themselves, they need to start thinking about the function they perform.

Bingo. All they are thinking about, as they enter truly epic financial woes, is how they can save themselves. Not how they can reconstruct tattered journalism,or participate in reinventing media or contribute to technology. And certainly not how they can empower people.

This post hits on a lot of great points about how frustrating the issue of so many news conglomerates just don’t get it. And how some of us actually are watching as the revolution is upon us.

There is a good example though of newspapers thinking out side of the box here though as the Knoxville News Sentinel blogs are pretty darn hopping.

I keep waiting to see what will happen next.

I also continue to practice “Do you want fries with that?”

We live in a world that is changing right before our very eyes.