New York Times: New Republic Suspends an Editor for Attacks on Blog

From The New York Times:

"A senior editor at The New Republic was suspended and his blog was shut down on Friday after revelations that he was involved in anonymously attacking readers who criticized his posts. Lee Siegel, creator of the Lee Siegel on Culture blog for tnr.com, was suspended indefinitely from the magazine..."

Comment: People, people -- stop taking random comments from strangers so seriously!

The Independent Institute: Nobody Killed The Newspaper

From The Independent Institute:

"The technology has helped accelerate this change, just as technology helped accelerate the transition from an agricultural to an industrial society or from an industrial to a service-dominated society. But technology is just a means. The crux of the matter is the people's perception that power is now in their hands. The barriers to entry into the information market have fallen and now citizens don't depend on editors to publicize their views or their stories."