Arrogance thy name is main stream media.
“The folks who found time to speak to me assured me they liked my column and blog even if they didn’t always agree with it. They forgot to mention how they’d give up a lung to have my job.
I think bloggers will continue to increase their relevance and impact as long as they don’t start taking themselves too seriously. It’s good to have folks out there keeping the mainstream media on its toes, generic viagra for sale but it’s important to remember just like the NFL draft, the real game is played on the field.
It’s not in your basement.”
During his bashing of guys posting in their basement Mr. Kane forgot to mention a couple of things:
One of the bloggers in the room that day is a tenured professor at Marquette University.
Another is a Harvard-educated lawyer and adjunct professor at Marquette Law School whose latest paper on the Wisconsin Supreme Court was referenced in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
A third has leveraged his blog writing into frequent appearances as a pundit on television, NPR, and his own column in a local newspaper.
And a fourth owns a Milwaukee-based advertising agency that does work for the Florentine Opera and Harley-Davidson.
Many of the folks in that room are accomplishing things in the real world. They are players in the Cheddarsphere and off.
Considering how one dimensional Mr. Kane’s race-based act is, he might consider taking a more respectful tone when writing about bloggers like these and remember that the newsroom of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel isn’t the only place where writers can have an impact.
PS: I think I’ll hang on to my lungs. I’ve had his job and blogging is infinitely better.
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