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« On Harry Potter | Main | The Truth Is... » July 21, 2007Harper's Versus the BloggersBlackFive takes a hatchet to an attack by Harper's magazine on bloggers. "You're not a real journalist" is his way of saying "only professionals like me should be allowed to talk to high officials, not uncredentialed folks like you." This is about protecting the idea that "the press" has a special status or stature, and that mere bloggers or citizens do not deserve access to important people. That should be reserved for the journalists, the gatekeepers of our Republic.It's always amusing when representatives of the Journalistic Club lash out at bloggers who are doing journalistic work. It's clear that one group is worried and the other is having fun. Posted in Journalism & Media
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Any given political blogger is probably doing more reporting (in his or her spare time, without pay) than is any paid print reporter. That's probably so obvious that the print folks can't help but be resentful ... and worried. Posted by: Donna Locke at July 23, 2007 12:08 AMPost a comment
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