Encyclopedia Britannica Blog vs. “Web 2.0”

Seth Finkelstein writes “Has
Britannica co-opted blogging or has it been corrupted by it?
or “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?” is the question I pose
in a newspaper column — and “One of the tragedies of
substituting popularity for authority is that even critiques
must then favor the bombastic over the thoughtful to be heard.””