Rationale of blogs
The thing I like about BBC is that it is doing what no other main stream media seems to be doing: never ignore a source, no matter how bleak it appears to be.
Bloggers: an army of irregulars: It would be a big mistake for the MSM to try to match the blogs, but they can teach us lessons about openness and honesty. The MSM should concentrate on what it can do – explain, analyse and verify.
This rational post is so much in contrast with what Forbes published in Attack of the blogs. Forbes didn’t offer a solution, they just said: be afraid. The BBC on the other hand says:
If the criticism is fair it must be answered, directly to those making it. Remote, computer-generated responses are counter-productive. If the criticism is unfair, then the MSM has to know about it early on and develop defensive tactics.
Every time I read the beeb, it seems to be setting new standards and going where no one is willing to go, at least first. You go, BBC.