Jonah Goldberg on the evolution of media

Jeff Quinton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:42:42 +0000

Jonah Goldberg was speaking at the Accuracy in Media conference on civility. He asked how many letters to the editors had been buried over the years before the internet? He also pointed out there was no fact checking prior to the internet for some of the outright slanders reported. Goldberg also points out that the dynasty is falling apart now.

Some monumental changes in technology have changed things, according to Goldberg. He said the monopoly is dead and the market is somewhat deregulated. Goldberg gives the Memogate/Dan Rather situation as an example and points out that 20 years earlier Bush would have lost the election over it. Instead bloggers and others investigated and fact-checked the story and Dan Rather lost his job over it.

Another example given by Goldberg is the ACORN prostitution videos filmed by James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles.

Goldberg’s last point is that he doesn’t want the mainstream media to go away; he wants them to get better. He wants there to be more conservatives at the Washington Post and New York Times instead of just a bunch more conservative media outlets.

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Jonah Goldberg on the evolution of media