The main criticism the mainstream media has of bloggers is that they’re just pajama-wearing losers sitting in their basements commenting on stuff without (horrors!) editors. But that view of the denizens of the blogosphere is fast becoming passe. Check out this from Ad Age magazine:
Bloggers, with their witty posts and reputation for carefully vetting information, are fast becoming the most trusted resource for truly green products and promotions. As David Binkowski, senior VP-director of word-of-mouth marketing at Manning Selvage & Lee put it, “[It] better not just be window dressing, because bloggers fact-check everything.”
Maybe that’s why U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is one of 34 sponsors of the Blogger Protection Act in the U.S. House:
“We must not leave the First Amendment rights of bloggers in the hands of the Federal Election Commission,” Foxx said in a statement. “Bloggers’ rights are too important to leave them to the whims of a panel of federal regulators.”
Good for her. Unfortunately, she’s the only North Carolina House Member to sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor. What’s up with that?
