PressThink: Jay Rosen: The Downing Street Memo and the Court of Appeal in News Judgment:

News judgment used to be king. If the press ruled against you, you just weren’t news. But if you weren’t news how would anyone know enough about you to contest the ruling? Today, the World Wide Web is the sovereign force, and journalists live and work according to its rules.”

Congratulations to Jay Rosen for earning the 2005 Reporters Witout Borders best blogs defending freedom of expression award.