The mayor of Newark felt compelled to defend himself against the influence of local bloggers, meaning he has officially recognized them as being politically influential.
Mayor Diebold, in his Advocate essay “Pay attention to the facts,” felt it necessary to preach to his constituency on the unreliability of bloggers.
That’s a public certification of blogger power. It didn’t come as a result of bloggers being unreliable; just the opposite, in fact.
What traditional media can’t or won’t report will not necessarily go unreported these days, thus ending forever instances of cronyism between local politicians and local reporters. That must be a worrisome spot for bureaucrats and shyster office-holders.
The Internet has opened power to the people like never before. I think that, more than unreliability of bloggers, is what worries the mayor.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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