Mighty Mouse sounds off on CNBC last night and on his blog against the ridiculous cover story in Forbes titled, "Attack of the blogs" (extra points from Rubel for providing the bugmenot user name and password of "forbesdontbug" to bypass the registration procedure)
In this "cover" story, Daniel Lyons refers to bloggers/the blogosphere as "the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective." He also creates his own conspiracy theory by targeting Yahoo! and Google in this underground operation:
Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and Yahoo...
The only viable conspiracy story here is the Mainstream Media's attack on an idea whose time has come. The attack on the blogosphere is an attack on consumers. It is a stunning example of the desperation of the old guard that is feeling so persecuted and paranoid, that they're now abusing their mouthpiece and platform to resort to childish and immature statements like, you're ugly and your mother dresses you funny.
This at a time of unprecendeted magazine circulation scandals and acknowledgement from the very top of the media food chain - from Murdoch to Sorrell - that times, they are a changin'.
Daniel - you blew it big time...and so did your magazine. The blogosphere is out for blood and you're looking like fresh meat right now. Oops, did I just reveal myself as a one of the vindictive, lie, libel and invective (don't even know what that means) spewing mobsters you so painfully described? Shucks, gawsh, (blush) silly ole me...
