More stuff to process eventually - Vic Keegan on why blogs haven't really taken off - something to add to my ongoing interest in the way the meaning of the word 'blog' is changing and why that is.
Jonathan Freedland on 'the blogosphere and point-scoring males', many of whom can be seen on Comment is Free everyday - hence The Guardian's over-focus on this aspect of blogging.
Guardian editorial on the whole blog abuse/blog code of conduct thing
Finally - a quote from Polly Toynbee, attacking press hypocrisy over the whole Iran hostages story selling flap...
The British press, the worst in the west, demoralises the national psyche. It makes people miserable. It raises false fears. It proclaims that nothing works, everything gets worse, and it urges distrust of any public official or politician. Now it has the government on the run and a chance for Tory victory, there is no holding back its doom-mongering in this most healthy, safe and prosperous age.
Sounds like an essay question in waiting... I'll come back to this later, maybe.
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