Why Glenn Greenwald’s new media venture is a big deal

[ljm2002]

71. I'm not missing your point, just disagreeing with it...

...the vision that Omidyar has laid out is one of encouraging more participation and civic engagement by more people. He believes he needs to get the attention of a wider audience. He knows there is already a core interested audience; but that is not the primary target of the new venture as I read it.

Therefore, he does not regard the general news aspects of the venture as fluff.

Now he could be totally off base in believing this makes any sense and can succeed. I acknowledge your experience in this area, and my own lack of same. However, Omidyar already has one very successful venture under his belt, so I wouldn't count him out just yet. I find it an interesting take on the media landscape. It's like we need to reintroduce people back to the old newsroom model, which presented news, weather, sports, entertainment news, and hard hitting investigative reports, all in one package, while updating it for the realities of today's maturing Internet environment.

Also, I did read somewhere today that Greenwald has said he will not be managing the thing but will continue to be a journalist. That is probably good news, since he has already demonstrated his considerable skill in that department (regardless of whether one likes his style or not -- and I can see how he rubs people wrong sometimes -- it's just that since I mostly agree with him, I tend to enjoy it rather than be put off by it).