Reaching critical mass
So many elected officials are blogging that we've add a link to their sites from the left side of our home page.
Why add them to our site, but not others? Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenthiel write in The Elements of Journalism, "The primary purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing." My hope is that elected officials will use their blogs to help us.
Politicians blogging is an exciting and welcome prospect, one I've commented on before.
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When a politican starts blogging I know that politican is ready to listen. I can't yell through the TV, but I can comment on a blog. That gives me a voice I never had before. While having a blog is far from the only criteria I have for my vote, blogging politicans will weigh heavy when I deliberate who to cast my ballot for come next election.
Posted on March 18, 2005 9:37 PM