You Don't Want To Go Around Willy-nilly

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.

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.

Julian Assange, The Wikileaks Founder, Has On Several Occasions Talked About Transparency As An Absolute Principle. I Don't Personally Believe That.

There Is Something Decidedly Faux About The Camaraderie Of Facebook, Something Illusory About The Connectedness Of Twitter.

I May Be The Old-media Id, But I Think I May Be Entitled To Some Credit For Being A New-media Pioneer.