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January 14, 2005

Glad We Cleared That Up

Posted by Bill

Frank J clears up some MSM misconceptions:

MYTH: Bloggers are a bunch of ankle-biters to the mainstream media.
FACT: Our effect to the MSM is more akin to a strong kick to the groin. Thus, we are "groin-kickers."

I'd say that's about right. And this one validates my opinion on pay-for-punditry:

MYTH: Most bloggers are paid off by politicians to assert certain viewpoints.
FACT: Only 8% of bloggers are bribed for their viewpoints. The remaining 92% have too few readers to bother bribing them. OT, I would just like to once again gratuitously mention that Bush's plan for Social Security is the way to go.

(Via IP)

Posted by Bill at January 14, 2005 12:00 PM | TrackBack (2)

Comments

If I'm Instapundit I'd change my motto to, "If you've got a buck, I've got an opinion."

Posted by: Dr. Rusty Shackleford at January 14, 2005 12:21 PM

People get paid for blogging?

Where do I sign up?

Kar Rove, Please call!

Posted by: patch at January 15, 2005 09:44 AM

i'm a groin kicker! and i do it for free.

hell, i'll do it for sport!

bill, you wanna reau-chambeau? i'm first!

Posted by: mlah at January 16, 2005 12:57 AM

Obviously there's some sibling rivalry going on here. The MSM fears their new little brother might be getting the bigger piece of cake.

Who could blame them for attempting the buy-off?

Posted by: tre at January 18, 2005 02:07 PM