Rick Stengel, editor of Time magazine, offered his views on blogging and how it's affecting media today at a panel this afternoon at the Time Warner Politics Summit 2008. The panel also garnered comments from Politico co-founder Jim Vandehei and Jon Klein, president of CNN.
Stengel said this about blogging: "The thing I like about blogging is it's democratic with a small 'd.' It allows people to be involved who wouldn't otherwise be involved. At the same time it doesn't have the rigor we would have traditionally....On the one hand I like the idea of no gatekeepers. On the other hand it means a lot of information gets out there that's absolutely not correct."
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter took the oppostie viewpoint, telling all who gathered he doesn't want the journalists working for him trying to compete with the kids in the blogosphere.
The discussion, moderated by CNN's Campbell Brown, focused on what blogs are doing to journalism and whether it's good or bad.
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I have never blogged before in my life, but I feel that it is nice to be able to express our ideas of the media and the world around us. I feel it is a way to get involved and to question events in the world. The audience has to keep in mind that many blogs are opinions and thoughts.
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