tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725412.post232862734728817548..comments2007-04-28T20:08:15.584-05:00Crawford's Takehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245128617020823714rcrwfd@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725412.post-51173461290544081522007-04-28T20:08:00.000-05:002007-04-28T20:08:00.000-05:00I think you are completely correct and we need to draw a line. When there is money in the game the message changes, can be affected, can be distorted. This is what makes blogs a-something-different than journalism and not a-something-less. I am often aggravated by the lack of participation on our community blog, but once we start paying people it will change into what we have aplenty. If we stay with it grassroots volunteer blogging will catch, and as it catches we will prevail as the something-different that is necessary to maintain a democratic society that has been all but bought from politicos to journalists.KickTimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181363541875602529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19725412.post-6424114941475768472007-04-26T21:48:00.000-05:002007-04-26T21:48:00.000-05:00Great call - you're totally right on.<BR/><BR/>One of the best parts about the blogosphere, especially as per the political blogosphere, is that the content is user-based and user-generated. Real people do the thing, and the participatory element of the medium is often the most important message.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847253848767287272noreply@blogger.com