BillHobbs.com is a frequently updated blog of original reporting and commentary by Bill Hobbs, a longtime Nashville journalist and media relations adviser. I am currently serving as communications director for the Tennessee Republican Party, a job I began on Oct. 29, 2007.
CNN's Jeff Greenfield likes blogs. And he understands them, too. Unlike many in traditional journalism, Greenfield doesn't criticize bloggers for not having editors. He understands that the blogosphere is the editor and fact-checker.
I think the real-time quality to the opinions, corrections, and other voices is terrific; when someone makes a reference to another voice, says 'read the whole thing' and lets you link to the other voice, it's a breakthrough in political dialogue. Unlike some of my colleagues, I don't fear the lack of editorial control, because there's a self-correcting mechanism at work, and if people don't like the tone of the blogs, there's still plenty of traditional media around.
