Mike Aimsley

Mike Amistead is a news and media analyst.

Traditional media outlets are increasingly taking cues from journalists. that populate the blogosphere. Not everyone in the mainstream media has been loath to admit this as they once were.

This symbiosis has been a long time coming. Internet-based reporters are increasingly setting priorities for the national news agenda. New York Times columnist Frank Rich, among so many others, lauded Murray Waas , an independent Internet reporter, for unearthing the truth about the outing of Valerie Plame. Jay Rosen crowned Murray Waas the “Woodward of now,” explaining that the actual “Woodward of now,” Bob Woodward, had somehow missed the story, while Murray Waas got the story.