Thanks to Doc Searls for pointing me at Jack Shafer’s article Blog Overkill at Slate. I think Shafer makes some excellent points. I do feel that many bloggers have overplayed both the idea of blogs and their own skills in an attempt to promote themselves as being as legitimate and as important as the more traditional media. There is no doubt that some are, but there is also significant evidence that most are not.

The media revolution, if it occurs, will not be plotted out by people attending conferences, and in the end I suspect the pivotal players will not be the ones on either side who proclaim triumph for either traditional or new media. After all, that isn’t the story. It might be a story, but I assure you, it isn’t the most compelling one.