ABC News names bloggers "People of the Year"
As reported here earlier, in a rather shortsighted move Time magazine passed over bloggers in favor of George W. for person of the year.
ABC News, on the other hand, clearly taking the long view and recognizing which is the more important influence on our entire world, avoided Time’s mistake and named bloggers the“ABC News: People of the Year”
Key to this decision has been the role of bloggers in providing uprecedented first-person coverage and assistance in an unprecedented disaster — the tsunami. ABC says:
This week, their influence has become readily apparent. Dozens of bloggers have been filing firsthand reports from the areas devastated by southern Asia’s deadly tsunamis.
“There is kind of an immediacy that people can relate to — can’t help but relate to that in a very intimate way.” . . .
Bloggers around the world have made themselves useful, encouraging donations to relief groups, posting the names of the missing, and expressing sympathy for the victims.
