blogs being used on national news

I just read the blog "Madness on Campus" that tells the story of Kate throughout the whole Virginia Tech shooting and what exactly happened to her. I think that it is so great that the story formed part of the news special on TV. I think that as time progresses, more and more people will be using online blog systems to tell their stories, and also news media will use them more often. I thought his account of what happened was fairly good considering he seemed to have written the story only after talking to Kate breifly on the phone. It does seem a little strange that ABC would use material that wasn't necessarily factual, but I think this demonstrates how big of a shift we are seeing in how media is interconnected. One student writes a little blog about what happened, and it ended up on national television. I think it's great. I think it is important for people to get their opinions out like he did because useful information was obviously derived from his blog, so think of how many other situations could have used a little more insight into what happened.