2856 Bloggers and journalists

I've never confused the two--i.e. the little people like me and the alpha bloggers, especially when I listen to folks on the Popular Mechanics blog--who are both. But I thought this observation worth pointing to:

". . . blogging takes up a lot of time. Not just the time to write a post but the time spent combing the ‘net for something interesting. Or documenting episodes in your life via pictures to create a post.

And beyond that blogging takes a lot of mental energy. When you aren’t blogging, you ar thinking about it. You think about your traffic, links, comments; you wonder how to get an edge on other bloggers. You wonder why your [deleted] blog is ignored, why you toil in obscurity while someone else’s [same word] blog becomes a media darling.

Above all there’s the realization that while you can, on your best day come up with a brilliant or near brilliant post, there are others who are doing it consistently on a daily basis. Sometimes twice or three times a day."

And he goes on to say that unlike when he started [and he has to write anonymously because of his profession], now the biggest blogs are all controlled by people who are in the media by profession. Also, unlike two years ago when conservative and libertarian, well-reasoned blogs were blossoming, now it is the radical left wing bloggers and conspiracy kooks who have taken over the ranks of bloggers (I've noticed this too).

"Blogging once held out great hope that the media could be held to account for their inaccuracies, biases and blatant falsifications of the news. But modern journalism has proven to be like the old Soviet Union - you could invade and cause great damage but ultimately you would run out of steam and like punching Jell-o it would eventually bounce your fist right out."

Sad to say, I absolutely agree.

From Meatriarchy