Anonymous Drive-Bys

We’ve all been told that newspapers are going to be supplanted by online news and blogs. But one of the weaknesses, still, of the Internet and journalism is the mix of anonymous and non-anonymous contributors. Susan Kirkland sent the link to the following article, which raises some interesting questions about online news and anonymity (also some seriously right-wing slant, but I am linking to it for the discussion of anonymity and the news online, not about the godlessness that taints the media.)

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