[Enterprise]

I'll try to word this a different way, although I know I am repeating what others have said. Being the only game in town, the Old Media pretty much had it their way for decades. They were the ones who were watched and trusted by the masses. And they were the ones who were in constant contact with the power elite in Washington D.C. This helped make the media elite a VERY IMPORTANT part of political life and political survival, because they could make or break any given politician. They could make people look good, or make them look bad, and when they made someone look bad, there was little he could do about it. After all, the media always had the last word and they didn't have to correct errors or omissions if they didn't want to.

But - something has changed and Old Media doesn't like it, and can't quite accept it. The politicians in Washington D.C. generally don't need them anymore. It's an old story of the businessman, the middleman, and the customer. For a long time, the businessman (the politicians) had to have the cooperation of the middleman (the OM) to get their message out to the customers (the people). But it was a rigged system, with the liberal middlemen cooperating with the Democrat politicians to slant the message to the people in favor of the Democrats. But now, the politicians are able to bypass the middleman and go directly to the people with their words and messages not slanted or skewed. We can see for ourselves what they wanted us to know and make our own judgements. Or, if something doesn't sound quite right, we can ask the questions of liberal politicians that liberal media punks don't dare ask. In spite of the sweeping changes in communications, Old Media thinks it is still needed, and thinks it is still somehow important. It isn't - and THAT is what they are having trouble coming to terms with.

Old Media is a buggy whip manufacturer surrounded by the blogosphere.

[weegee]

Buggy whip media BUMP.

Hard to believe there is still daily private delivery of newspapers when milkmen and doctors gave up house visits long ago.

And when they do bring that newspaper to your door, it contains stories that are 8-36 hours old. "Leading information source"? Please, I wasn't born yesterday.

[stefanbc]

"Old Media is a buggy whip manufacturer surrounded by the blogosphere."

LOL.....this is the perfect metaphor!