Ulanoff: MTV Remaking History

Lance Ulanoff, columnist with PC Magazine, takes MTV to task for removing from their website a pre-Super Bowl press release that promised "shocking moments" during the now infamous Janet Jackson halftime stunt. Old news, but this caught my eye:

The tools used to populate the Web with content afford us the ability to remake history on the fly. Whatever is posted is as ephemeral as the air around us. It can blow in and out and away with little notice. News stories published in traditional print media become public record unless someone can manage to, say, burn every copy of today's New York Times.

If the blogosphere or any online media is really to take its place next or supplant traditional news sources, a sense of permanance and accountability is required for them to earn the public trust.