Blog
Triumphs
Please see this paper of mine for an overview and history of blogging.
The field of journalism has been particularly interested in blogging,
due in part to the growing litany of situations in which blogs
are purported to have in some way influenced, supplanted, surpassed,
or scooped MSM:
- The Trent Lott scandal
- Microsoft’s deceptive “Switch” ad campaign
- The Iraqi prison abuse scandal
- E-voting risks
- The 2003 State of the Union Iraq-Africa uranium retraction
- The September 11 attacks
- The Santa Monica Farmers Market car crash
- New York Times Editor Howell Raines’ resignation
- The Rhode Island nightclub fire
- Paul Bremer's Iraqi farewell speech
Blog researcher Alex Halavais suggested in early 2004 that that news blogging hadn't “even come close to a tipping point yet.”