The other night I went to some political event, because I am so very so-phis-ti-cate-ed (or just a nerd), and the host jokingly suggested that the group should raise money to buy the local newspaper and make the guest speaker the editor. And while I think that such a course of action would improve the newspaper in question, my bloggish little mind said "But lo! That's not really necessary!"
You see, rather than the system of old, anyone with something to share can take to the Internet, air their views, and anyone interested in learning about it can find it with ease. And all of the participants do this from the comfort of their own homes, in their pajamas! Huzzah!
Can it get better? Perhaps not, but there's another aspect I want to point out, and that's global access. On my humble blog, I've had 321 page views from the USA (home sweet home), 62 from the UK, 14 from Germany, 10 from Malaysia, 3 from France, 1 from the Dominican Republic, and 1 from Poland. And how many of those people would be remotely interested in my local newspaper? (By the way: Hello! Guten Tag! Hari Baik! Bonjour! Hola! Dzien dobray! Fun with Google Translate!)
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