I think John Hawkins at "Right Wing News" sums it up well.
>>>That being said, Arianna Huffington has done something brilliant and innovative with her blog. By putting together a large group of celebrities, politicians, & big name political pundits along with a left-of-center Drudge Report style news posting, it's almost guaranteed that there will be some content worth reading -- for liberals at least -- every day. Furthermore, even if the celebrity posts aren't very provocative or interesting (which certainly seems to be the case so far), they'll still draw in eyeballs because they're celebrities -- and building an audience is the name of the game in the game in the blogosphere.
Now sure, pioneers take the arrows and certainly, Arianna's blog will probably take a few lumps as well, especially in these early days when they're still finding their voice. But, what Arianna is doing might end up helping to revolutionize the blogging biz. If she succeeds -- and it's entirely possible that she will -- expect imitators. In the meanwhile, if Arianna introduces more people to blogging and helps legitimize what bloggers are doing, great! The bigger the pool of people who become interested in blogging, the more opportunities there are for the rest of us who blog...http://www.rightwingnews.com/archives/week_2005_05_08.PHP#003839 |
