I checked out a book last week from work called Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation that’s changing your world by Hugh Hewitt. I was very excited when I saw this book because I am very interested in the blogging phenomenon and would like to learn more about its evolution, not mention how it has affected information retrieval behavior. As I started reading the introduction it became very apparent that the author was a staunch right winger, constantly taking stabs at liberals. I figured, what the heck, everyone’s entitled to their opinion, I’m sure there’s plenty of useful information in here anyway. But it just kept getting worse and worse, he starting getting more and more arrogant in tone and increasingly offensive. Finally, I got to the following paragraph:
“People don’t trust the old media with anything like the old level of confidence. There are plenty of books out there that explain what happened, but it basically comes down to the left-leaning ideaology that was always there and increasingly became so widespread, transparent, and arrogant as to repel half the country. If you want to argue the point, this book isn’t for you. Go watch your DVD of Fahrenheit 9/11 again. Trot down to the coffee shop to expound on corporate ownership of transnational media conglomerates. You don’t have a clue, and you won’t when the night is over. But you will be farther behind.”
I guess I’ll go back to Gone with the wind.
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