James Ledbetter, a regular columnist for CJR, is the New York bureau chief of The Industry Standard, a magazine covering the Internet industry, and was the media critic for The Village Voice.
One of the dreams of the Internet was that it would allow almost anyone to become a publisher. It's debatable whether or not that dream will ever be meaningfully realized, but it certainly seems that anyone who ever wanted to be a media critic can now do it easily online.
There are hundreds, and probably thousands of sites on the Internet that republish mainstream media snippets, often with comment and analysis. The better known Webzines, such as Slate and Salon, approach the task with familiar professionalism reminiscent of print media, but a wide variety of more obscure sites offer individual takes on media coverage that range from crude to erudite.
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