The genius of blogging
John Naughton, heartened by Google's new involvement, goes rhapsodic on blogging. He's over-enthusiastic, but this observation hits the mark.
It would not be much of an exaggeration to say that (with a few honourable exceptions) most of the serious discussion of these issues in the US at the moment is happening in weblogs and not in the 'official' mass media. The genius of blogging [Observer]