> What about people who are paid to blog? What are they? Winer actually addressed that with <blockquote> (Also, some people who call themselves bloggers are pa

> What about people who are paid to blog? What are they? Winer actually addressed that with <blockquote> (Also, some people who call themselves bloggers are paid to write. I don't think they are bloggers. But there's nothing I can do to stop them from calling themselves bloggers.) </blockquote> > Also, the point about reporters and bloggers having opposing interests is silly. ... If anything, blogs help reporters discover potential sources with interesting ideas and specialized knowledge. Again, from Winer <blockquote> I see the bloggers as sources. Not all of them, and not for all reporters. But the people who reporters quote, more often than not these days, have blogs. The relationship between reporters and bloggers is the same relationship that travel agents have to flights or hotel rooms. Reporters facilitate access to the sources. And to the extent that we can go direct to the sources' blogs, that interferes with #1 above. </blockquote> > the outcome Winer wants to see for his friend. I'm pretty sure that neither Winer nor Arrington see the other as a friend. I don't always agree with Winer but his writing is reasonably clear so if you're going to criticise his ethics, it's bad form to misstate his positions.