FIRE MIKE SHULA NOW NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR

Time Magazine has named its person of the year and it is everyone creating content on the Internet. OK, so maybe the headline is a little misleading; however, there is no doubt about the role blogs from Memphis Tider to Fire Mike Shula Now! to Roll Bama Roll and on and on have made in the way information is exchanged regarding Alabama football.

"It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it's really a revolution." --Time

With the old media composed of the Birmingham News, Huntsville Times, etc. being consistently wrong, the new media of blogs and message boards provides a check and balance on the runaway train of the 24-hour news cycle. By joining together in blogs and message boards, we can hold the old media accountable--expose mistakes--and by working together discover the truth.

Let's not stop now. Let's continue to hold the old media accountable and forge a new path via the information superhighway.