From Garance Franke-Ruta in Moving Words Panel - there is a lot of suspicion and distrust about the media. What blogs allow people to do is stop complaining about the media and become the media.

Don't know how I feel about that. The problem with blogs (this included) is that most people writing for them are recycling information and focus on process instead of facts and policy. They also usually allow people with certain thoughts just bouncing their ideas off those who agree with them, rather than testing them against those who don't.

Though, blogs do allow a more democratic process of deciding media coverage.