The Times They Are a Changin'

A pair of interesting engagements with technology and those damn kids catch venerable journalist Helen Thomas and House of Representatives member Bob Etheridge off guard. If you've been oblivious, both were caught off guard with simple video recorders by college students -- with totally negative results as they emerged first on YouTube, then the networked media and finally transitioned into legacy media.

Will Levith at MediaFreak brings up the key point when musing about the Thomas fallout and her retirement:

More often than not these days, though, I wonder if this would've gone down differently in the pre-YouTube and -Twitter world. Sure, the comments were offensive, but would they have been hyperanalyzed on the same level?

Will, need your answer? Compare Arkansas' departure to the SEC with Nebraska's to the Big 10. The Razorbacks held all the info back until a giant reveal press event. The Cornhuskers discovered that the revolution would be Tweeted.