David Weinberger Quits MSNBC via Blog

I think that is the case, atleast. Nonetheless you have to read this. This is ballsy. 

I had the honor of meeting David Weinberger at one of Susan Kaup's and Shimon Rura's genius workshop dinners. I didn't realize it was the guy that I listen to while I drive around New England. Yes, the Cluetrain Manifesto tapes are in my tape player permanently. David was actually a great guy to listen-to in person too. Quite engaging and down to earth, despite his genius. The most admirable thing about Mr. Weinberger is his honesty, though....

At this point in my career, I am not sure I'd have the balls to do this to MSNBC:

I have mixed feelings. I'm genuinely glad Jeff Jarvis, Ed Cone, and others are doing it. It's better that they get to squeeze a few new voices into the MSM, even if those voices aren't always as diverse as we'd like. It's good for the MSM to acknowledge their viewers aren't passive. And people who follow the URLs may find other voices worth listening to. The odd thing is that the two I did for them (1 2) didn't follow the pattern they want, but they were happy with them nonetheless, so I probably could have kept on if I hadn't raised the issue. But I just couldn't face implicitly confirming the idea that the blogosphere consists of big voices arguing with one another — spit fights! — instead of 10 million real voices engaged in every variety of human conversation and delight.

So, fuck it. I quit.

(Via Allen @ Wondirs blog Great use of the "integrity" tag, btw.)
(Via Joi Ito too. Yes, I usually like to see things twice before I blog about them.)