Hey! Look who’s handsome mug graces the cover of this week’s Missoula Independent! The feature story’s not bad, an introduction of the bloggers to the Independent’s readership.
I like this line. It’s spooky:
The scene looked more or less like any other late-summer lawn party: children played soccer in the yard while adults milled around the appetizer table, occasionally swatting yellowjackets away from their drinks. Save for the television producer from PBS’s weekly news program “NOW” poking her camera into conversations, it seemed like your run-of-the-mill Missoula potluck….
Heh. Lord knows I’ve written on blogging often enough. And no one really understands its impact yet. So there’s no way in h*ll I’m going to offer any criticism of Adams’ story. It’s as fair an assessment as any I’ve seen.
My favorite part of the story? This awesome photo of Mr. Proud:
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August 31, 2006 at 12:22 pm
No Jay! The best part is the picture of me and some other random (less important!) at the first of the story!
I will say that this article is very accurate and makes some astute observations.
Rob Kailey is quite possibly the most rabidly partisan liberal blogger in the state. He’s not above name calling or profanity, and he uses both on his blog and in the comments section of other blogs on a regular basis.
And he makes no apologies.
and
saying that many of my “cherrleading” posts are predictable, but Mason sometimes supplements otherwise redundant posts with bits of new information that add interest.
and so on.
Jay, do you still want to ride down to the debate together? Do you know any details on it? Email me. My address is posted here
August 31, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Yes, I like this line about me:
And he’s not immune from the strident political directives that infect much blogger prose…
How true!
August 31, 2006 at 1:00 pm
I am planning on going to the Butte and Helena debates, now I will be able to find you guys!
August 31, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Either the author did a really good job of invesigating the nuances and relationships himself or a really good job of listening to folks talk about them.
What Stevens really adds to the discussion is thoughtful analysis of media coverage. He does a good job of dissecting and parsing stories from the various state media
If only the other media outlets did that good of a job explaining to the public, you might not have to work so hard! The only thing that was missing was a little more discussion on Moorecat and Scott Leslie, both I consider to be very important bloggers for different reasons. Leslie has a great way of shortening the important stories down to common sense sarcasm and Kenneth is an extremely eloquent writer.
August 31, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Either the author did a really good job of invesigating the nuances and relationships himself or a really good job of listening to folks talk about them.
I think more the latter than the former, and to that degree I was a little disappointed. It just seems a little disingenuous to title an article “Meet the Bloggers”, when the focus was rather more on meeting the blogs. Does that make sense?
It’s entirely possible that I’m simply filtering my own view of blogs, but blogging is something we do, not who we are. I was hoping for (and I confess, not expecting) more of a focus on why we do it, and less on what we do.
Anyway, I’ll post more thoughts over at my place.