] The typical news article consists of quotes from
] interviews and a little bit of connective stuff and some
] facts, or whatever. Mostly it's quotes from people. If I
] can get the quotes with no middleman in between--what
] exactly did CNN add to all the pictures? Maybe they
] earned their salaries a little bit, but Web logs have
] become journalism, and it's much richer. Journalism is a
] high calling, but it's really no more than points of view
] on what's taking place. I think the pros are going to use
] this tech, and they are doing it more and more.

Winer actualy says this in a media interview. Being resented by the media is not really a good place to be, in general. Of course, there is that quote on the front of this web site. :)

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