It deserves attention that the best nightly newscast got a tip the other day from a prominent New York gossip and political blog.
No, it was nothing huge. Gawker.com posted a clip of the Manhattan Bridge wobbling up and down as the subway raced underneath, video that appeared on the NBC Nightly News later that day. Brian Williams, because he's awesome, used the show's blog to credit the blog, something he did not do on the newscast.
Ever since Fark.com began providing fodder for every single morning zoo crew radio show, blogs have been great at catching things the mainstream media misses. By being so specialized in what they do, they dig up old archival footage and watch more C-SPAN than anyone should ever be required to do. In this case, Gawker posted a YouTube clip and made it prominent.
Then again, now that ABC World News is featuring Pitchfork writers to discuss new indie albums, maybe it's just another trend of an old media trying to stay alive by latching on to the new successful thing. Kinda like a parasite.
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If you're in to odd news that gets a bit boring sometimes
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THREADJACK: Thoughts on ESPN not covering the Ben Roethlisberger story initially? ESPiN (see what I did there) will go out of its way to protect certain athletes while absolutely crucifying others. Unfortunately, they're the World Wide Leader in sports and they largely go unchecked.
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