Once upon a time I had a journalist friend who who couldn’t contain his contempt for bloggers who he deemed amateurs pretending to be journalists.
I explained to him – and I have said repeatedly on my site – that I am not a journalist. I have also noted that this site is for entertainment purposes and it amazes me when people take blogs so seriously.
Thanks to fellow blogger Dr. Drew who sent this video of bloggers and real journalists going at each other’s throats. It’s a classic example of how, deep down inside, real journalists loath bloggers who they feel are taking their shine.
In this video, sports analyst Bob Costas moderates a round table discussion of the effects of hate blogging on sports. The bloggers and journalists are sports writers, but the arguments could apply across the board to gossip blogs and other personal blogs that sets a tone that affects the direction of the comments.