Chez Pazienza, now a blogger for Huffington Post, writes about his job experience at CNN, how they fired him for his opinions, and offers a behind the scenes look into the daily operations of CNN's newsroom. As one might expect it doesn't take a genius to figure out where the problem lies. As Mr. Pazienza says himself, "I watched my bosses literally stand in the middle of the newsroom and ask, 'What can we do to not lead with Iraq?' -- the reason being that Iraq, although an important story, wasn't always a surefire ratings draw. I was asked to complete self-evaluations which pressed me to describe the ways in which I'd 'increased shareholder value.'"
Let's see if his stance is as popular and as powerful as he believes. Sure, the bloggers of the world outnumber those in the traditional mainstream media news industry, however these bloggers are also, for the most part, apathetic and ignored by the powers that be, a form of institutional resistance to the new trend towards micro economies. Sure, an army of people, armed with laptops and vitriolic opinion are a force to be reckoned with here in this new information sphere that is undergoing continual evolution as users continuously provide new content and context, but they have not overcome spatial issues. For instance, there is no actual demonstration of power that would come from all of the bloggers who are passionate about a particular issue, such as voting reform, march together for their beliefs. Unfortunately, the real world gets in the way all too often, as the numerous qualified, intelligent bloggers have more to lose than gain by participating in such a demonstration.
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