Hope in the Blogosphere
August 26th, 2005 | Published in Culture
Just when you begin to feel there is no hope for the blogosphere, Joe Carter comes to the rescue with his post on Media, Blogs, and the Rise of the Non-Event. It brings me joy to know that Joe Carter is not only blogging but thinking. WorldMag made a good choice.
Staying abreast of relevant current events is no longer sufficient; to be truly informed of what is going on in the world, one is also expected to have the freshest information on breaking non-events. If you are a blogger you can add to this the expectation to have an opinion/denunciation/apology posted in case someone might be unsure of where you stand on a matter of complete unimportance. Several bloggers feigned surprise and disappointment that Christian bloggers (like me) did not denounce Robertson’s remark. In the age of instant media, it is not enough to simply be our brother’s keeper. Now, we must also be their press agent.
As a Christian, though, I’m expected to take an eternal perspective, viewing events not just in their historical but in their eschatological context. But I can’t do that while focusing on the churning events in the last 24 hours and furiously scripting my reactions to insignificant minutiae.
[HT: Justin]