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February 20, 2005
IDS on blogs
There is fascinating and altogether unexpected article about blogging by Iain Duncan-Smith in the Guardian. He sees the blogosphere enabling a huge right-wing challenge to newspapers and broadcasting.
While his piece is well argued, I don’t see the IDS scenario happening. We still have a considerable digital divide in this country. The bloggers are a special group with idiosyncratic views. Judging by those who comment on Boris Johnson’s blog (and Boris Johnson is, after all, a Conservative MP) most bloggers are libertarians. (IDS is correct of course in saying that conventional journalists will be held to higher standards in the future.)
Has IDS thought of publishing his own blog, or even a website? Just a thought …
politics.guardian.co.uk/egovernment/comment/0,12767,1418003,00.html
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4279229.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at February 20, 2005 12:27 AM
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What the damn fool fails to recognise is that none of us pay any attention whatsoever to the opinions of others, whether in blogs, newspapers or carefully crafted handwritten pleas to attend the local jumble sale.
No matter how witty and intelligent Simon Holledge is, and I am sure that he is handsome, sexy and charismatic into the bargain, nothing that he writes will convince me to vote for the SNP, even if they put a candidate in NE Hampshire.
We 'bloggers' are just howling our ridiculous views into the vast emptiness of the cosmos.
Right wing challenge to newspapers? How much more fucking right wing can they get?
I wonder why the Tories dumped this chap.
Posted by: Vicus Scurra at February 20, 2005 07:51 AM
Yes indeed, and thanks for the compliments! If there is going to be a great movement of right wing blogs demanding more curbs on individual liberty, controls on immigration, draconian punishments for crime etc. I don't see even the beginnings of it.
Regarding NE Hampshire, we thought of putting up a candidate but changed our minds. Instead we are backing Mr Ken Philipps who is the next best thing. . . .
Posted by: Simon Holledge at February 20, 2005 10:07 AM