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Dear Santa….

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Dear Santa….

: Adam Penenberg has a good media wishlist for 2005.

1. Google News should become a for-profit enterprise.

2. Bloggers should break news. (He’s nice enough to cite my FCC FOIA scoop; as I’ve told anyone who’ll listen, what really excites me about this — besides defending the First Amendment — is proving that anybody can break news; the tools are in citizens’ hands.)

3. Dismantle the FCC. (Amen! Bravo! Yeah!)

4. The end of Nielsen and comScore

5. Media should reassert its role as government watchdog

Read it all.

: Glenn Reynolds says wish No. 2 is already granted.

2 responses to “Dear Santa….”

  1. Seth Finkelstein Avatar
    Seth Finkelstein

    I’ve actually managed to break news a few times – e.g. confirming a rumored lawsuit had been filed (the JibJab copyright case), by checking court records.
    It’s really quite hard. If one isn’t a professional journalist, how do you know you have a real, bona-fide, scoop? And if one isn’t connected to the journalistic flow, or doesn’t know the right people, how useful is it to break news to the small number of people who will read it from one’s blog before the big fish report it later?
    Jeff, you’re thoroughly a member of the journalistic club. It’s much, much, harder for anyone else, because it’s about more than the raw data. It’s also about reaching the right people.

  2. Robert S. Avatar
    Robert S.

    5. Media should reassert its role as government watchdog
    A-effing-men. Instead of government lapdog.