Blah Blah Blog - Politicians Blogging Nothing Of Importance
from the missing-the-point dept
With all the focus on Howard Dean and blogging in the last couple of months, it seems a number of other politicians have started to get the message that maybe there is something to this whole "blogging" thing. Of course, they then attack it in typical politician fashion and assign an aide to come up with a blog for them. Maureen Dowd at the NY Times takes a look at a bunch of the new Presidential candidate blogs and is not very impressed, pointing out that none of them really have the off-the-cuff type of speech that makes blogs worth reading and makes readers feel like they have a connection with the writer. Specifically, she wanted to see politicians insulting each other. The only political blogger she thought got it right was one who decided early on not to run: Gary Hart. When asked whether he reads the blogs of other politicians, he replied: "If you're James Joyce, you don't read other authors."
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
I beg to differ
You should at least check out the platform she's running on (webcam the govenor's mansion and charge admission to reduce the debt, porn-for-guns trade-in program, making lap dances a tax-deductable business expense, etc.)
[ link to this | view in chronology ]