Posted
12:01 PM
by Gene
I can hear
STERNO's head throbbing like an orchestra of kettledrums, but everything in
this piece about blogs is right: the inflated numbers, the inflated reps, the sheer ennui of hundreds of thousands blogging.
And THIS will get
THE BLOGGERS OF THE MILLENNIUM MAD:
An independent blogger's greatest asset, besides wit, energy, bravery, and doggedness, is sincerity. We read them to hear a credible independent voice -- not the shills of a corporation, lobbying group, a government agency, or a party. But now it seems that every auto company, PR firm, and politician is taking up blogging -- to sell us the same old pitches in a sleek new package. Some bloggers, unfortunately, are selling out and jumping on the payroll of corporations and political parties.Think the army of BILL'S BLOGGERS, think KOS, think the POP-UP GUYS. Yes, maybe blogging isn't so virginal after all.