Open Source Media Changes Name

SPYvSPY writes "In a move that emphasizes the differences between the blog media and big media, the so-called 'Open Source Media' group changed their name back to 'Pajamas Media' in response to public criticism, including (presumably) yesterday's posting on Slashdot. Regardless of any political bent in their coverage, Pajamas Media acknowledged the public's criticisms and did something about it with remarkable speed, frankness and good humor."

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Re:The Myttbusters should try and bust this myth..

[daniil]

I should've made it more clear that what I said in my post was mostly in response to what these 'pajama journalists' wrote on their web page: In the 1960's, the medium may have been the message, but in the new century, it's time for the medium to get out of the way. I can't see how this is possible -- how it's possible for blogs to give us "the experts themselves". For a blogger is still a "mediated expert": he still has only a subset of the facts, and he doesn't write everything he knows in his blog. In the end, the main difference between 'new' and 'old' media is, instead of "experts say", we get "I, $expert, say". Yes, these experts (or people pretending to be experts) are a legion, but what they produce isn't something qualitatively new.

The only area where I have, so far, noticed any difference is disaster-reporting. Blogs have brought disasters (invcluding war) to your bedroom. But I tend to see this change as a negative one: you still get lots of lies and misinformation just like you got from the 'old media', except that it's all loaded with tons of emotion, making you less critical about what you read or see.