At around noon today, celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton “broke” the news of Castro’s death. The first post was followed by another announcing that official announcements would be made shortly. Then another. Finally, when every reputable news source in the world confirms that he is indeed alive, Hilton stands by his story.
This will either prove that a democratized system of free citizen journalism by all is a far more effective system than a centralized corps of professional journalists… or, that bloggers are full of shit.
Either way, the fact that one post could incite a media frenzy around the world gives one pause to think of the collective power of the blogosphere. Also, reading the comments on PerezHilton.com gives one pause to consider how bad manditory sterilization by the government would really be.
