Paul Mirengoff’s questioning of Senators Durbin and Kennedy has made some waves on the Hill (see here, and here). Just the fact that somebody, a lawyer in this case, asked some tough question about the law is making news is quite telling.
Reporters obviously jump from one story to the next and may not have any particular expertise in the subject they’re reporting on. In this instance we have a lawyer asking questions about the law, something the MSM has neither the time nor inclination to pursue -- it’s just not very sexy.
The blogoshpere is helping to reshape how the media works and how issues are disseminated by the public at large. The MSM is figuring out that the gig is up and their monopoly on news is over, so watch for them to strike back with a vengeance. Press passes for anybody outside the “professional” media will become ever more difficult to get and I wouldn’t be surprised if politicians such as Durbin push such efforts.
For our friends on the left who would argue that, on this matter, we need left leaning lawyers or professors asking tough legal questions of Republicans on the Judiciary Committee as well, I say bring it on. I’ll take Cornyn, Graham, and Hatch over Schumer, Kennedy, Durbin, and Leahy any day.
Reporters obviously jump from one story to the next and may not have any particular expertise in the subject they’re reporting on. In this instance we have a lawyer asking questions about the law, something the MSM has neither the time nor inclination to pursue -- it’s just not very sexy.
The blogoshpere is helping to reshape how the media works and how issues are disseminated by the public at large. The MSM is figuring out that the gig is up and their monopoly on news is over, so watch for them to strike back with a vengeance. Press passes for anybody outside the “professional” media will become ever more difficult to get and I wouldn’t be surprised if politicians such as Durbin push such efforts.
For our friends on the left who would argue that, on this matter, we need left leaning lawyers or professors asking tough legal questions of Republicans on the Judiciary Committee as well, I say bring it on. I’ll take Cornyn, Graham, and Hatch over Schumer, Kennedy, Durbin, and Leahy any day.
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