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Written by Austin Mitchell
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16 April 2007 |
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Don`t join the chorus of praise for the Blogsphere as a new dimension of democracy which will liberate the people from dependence on old media.
Crap. Blogging is a forum for gossip, character assassination, sensation and expose. It is inherently anti-government and conservative because prejudice is easier to get over than serious explanation. Just like Talk Radio.
So the strongest practitioners are Republicans like Drudge or rank Tories like Ian Dale and Guido Fawkes, leaving this as the only voice of sense, semi-socialism, freedom, truth and justice.
Even so it`s an intellectual feast compared to You Tube, My Space and the rest. They`re the ten second sound bites, playgrounds for manipulation, synthetic situations, thespians and gimmicks. Leave them to Cameron and Blair and don`t rot your brain. |
