Andrew Breithart: We're all friends in the blogosphere (?)

Roger Simon: Sorry I have to read a speech... [COMMENT: Why the fedora? We can guess...]
Moment of weblogger in pajamas bringing down a news anchor has brought a new moment, times have changed, we need to be constructive. OSM a new meeting ground for opinion and news online, a unique home for citizen journalism with mainstream media journalists sympathetic to our goals. That new media paradigm. Will evolve into the global news service of the future, with a firewall between news and opinion, fact checking, etc. The internet is an ideal environment for fact-checking, we have the opportunity to be more accurate than mainstream media. Tsunami, Katrina shows that blogs can scoop MSM. Media fails to correct itself, we've made plenty of mistakes ourselves, but theirs are buried on the back pages. In our allegiance to openness, we'll post our mistakes on our front pages. We're only beginning this effort. We have other new approaches that we'll show you in a few minutes. Journalism not created by elites but by citizens who desire to speak honestly. Some will be prominent writers, overseas editors [SCRATCHY audio on web video from Barcelona] First correction - Iraq abolishers will not have a feed. OSM seeks to expand influence of citizen journalists, don't intend to overthrow [???] MSM, MSM fosters partisanship, OSM will foster dialog. [COMMENT: Is this the Silent Majority in sheep's clothing?] Princeton Poll: 43 percent don't like to be called liberal, conservative or moderate [COMMENT: Similar to Mike Bloomberg's analysis of NYC electorate. Perhaps his was the test model?] Won't be all politics all the time, more lifestyle, fashion to spelunking. On business side, $3.5 mil in bank. "New Yorker" profile to weblog visitors, upscale, early adopters, influencers who create trends and fashions.