THE BELMONT CLUB has thoughts on the Internet and news:

Before the Gutenberg printing press men knew the contents of the Bible solely through the prism of the professional clergy, who could alone afford the expensively hand copied books and who exclusively interpreted it. But when technology made books widely available, men could read the sacred texts for themselves and form their own opinions. And the world was never the same again.

Indeed. Which is why, as I’ve said before, the Kerry/Vietnam story is (at least) as much about the professional media as it is about Kerry.