Noonan on the Blogosphere
Charles Johnson
Thu Feb 17, 2005 at 7:53 am PST • Views: 233
Peggy Noonan gets what blogs are about: The Blogs Must Be Crazy.
1. They use the tools of journalists (computer, keyboard, a spirit of inquiry, a willingness to ask the question) and of the Internet (Google, LexisNexis) to look for and find facts that have been overlooked, ignored or hidden. They look for the telling quote, the ignored statistic, the data that have been submerged. What they are looking for is information that is true. When they get it they post it and include it in the debate. This is a public service.
Frank says: