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By: Jon Garfunkel

Jon Garfunkel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:35:16 +0000

I noticed that in 2005, Cuban wrote: “Bring in the more popular blogs that like you, and the same number of those that don’t. Give them as much access as you give the NY Times, Wash Post. Don’t muzzle them, let them write.”

That was then…

By: Denis Hancock

Denis Hancock — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:49:14 +0000

Great point Geoff. I think right now Cuban is broadly right – most professional writers are published on paper somewhere right now, so his “blunt filter” isn’t too bad. I wonder how long until a print media journalist is replaced by an online-only one? That will be quite a moment.

Vaspers… I agree with you on the blogosphere’s intrinsic set of credentials and self-policing. There’s a remarkably democratic and meritocratic element to it. At the same time, finite space is finite space. Some rule about access has to be set, and it has to be fair to everyone. If not Cuban’s approach here, then what?

By: vaspers aka steven e. streight

vaspers aka steven e. streight — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:19:54 +0000

All this talk of “amateurs” (bloggers, unpaid writers) and “pros” (MSM journalists) is so much crap.

I guess Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were amateur writers, since no one paid them to write the greatest journalism ever: the 4 Gospels.

How much money did Lincoln make for writing the Gettysburg address?

The blogosphere is self-policing and has it’s own intrinsic set of credentials, measured in many ways.

I’ve heard this lame “too crowded” nonsense used before as an excuse to try to control the “message” the capitalist owners wish to propagandize.

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:11:16 +0000

I think Cuban is right on… It’s not about bloggers versus journalists, though, and in that sense he is wrong. It’s about professional writers versus amateurs. Amateurs are not paid to write, and as such are fans. Fans don’t get access. Whether the publishing mechanism is online or print is irrelevant.