I May Be The Old-media Id, But

Anyone With An Internet Service Provider Can Be A Pundit Or Whatever They Want.

The Queen Of Aggregation Is, Of Course, Arianna Huffington, Who Has Discovered That If You Take Celebrity Gossip, Adorable Kitten Videos, Posts From Unpaid Bloggers And News Reports From Other Publications, Array Them On Your Website And Add A Left-wing Soundtrack, Millions Of People Will Come.

Liberation Movements - Operating Surreptitiously And Conspiratorially - Thrive On Discipline And Suspicion, And Punish Deviation Or Dissent.

I Think Twitter Is A Fabulous Tool. Crowd-sourcing By Twitter Is Useful In Getting Early Warnings.

Twitter And Facebook Are Brilliant- Tools, The Journalistic Uses Of Which Are Still Being Plumbed. They Are Great For Disseminating Interesting Material. They Are Useful For Gathering Information, Including From Places That Are Inaccessible.