tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5063478696200289625..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Guide to Blogging: Top 30 Media BlogsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79392611058949772482007-09-24T09:42:00.000+01:002007-09-24T09:42:00.000+01:00I note the Telegraph's 'Little And Large' blog has...I note the Telegraph's 'Little And Large' blog hasn't been updated since mid-July, when it appeared to break electoral law by revealing details of the postal votes cast before polling day in the Ealing Southall by-election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41476761053867893512007-09-23T21:32:00.000+01:002007-09-23T21:32:00.000+01:00Iain - Well I'd like to think that as a journalist...Iain - <BR/>Well I'd like to think that as a journalist I'm good at getting to the root of the issue ... ;-)<BR/><BR/>I suppose my point is that, as far as I can see, none of the other categories are based on what the writer does for a living. Obviously some journalist bloggers write their blogs to tie in with their professions but others don't. I'd argue that Paul Linford, to stick with my first example, uses his blog to express his personal views, which are clearly left of centre, and from that point of view he should be included in the leftwing bloggers list rather than the media list.<BR/><BR/>I hope that makes sense ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71813359456802389802007-09-23T19:02:00.000+01:002007-09-23T19:02:00.000+01:00But if you say a journalist who happens to write a...But if you say a journalist who happens to write a blog is a media blogger, then you are undermining yourself. I thought the whole point about bloggery was that it was supposed to be the new media. Surely waht you mean is Old Media Blogs. Not an attractive title, I agree, but being called a Media Blogger has ruined my Sunday.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51488294502946495562007-09-23T18:55:00.000+01:002007-09-23T18:55:00.000+01:00I hate to be a pest, Iain, but you've got Paul Lin...I hate to be a pest, Iain, but you've got Paul Linford on your list and his blog appears to be dormant for some reason or other, with no new entries since early September.<BR/><BR/>As a prominent member of the political blogging community, do you know what's happened?MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32459161825955435262007-09-23T12:17:00.000+01:002007-09-23T12:17:00.000+01:00I would put Bryan Appleyard much higher.I would put Bryan Appleyard much higher.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51868802882193474342007-09-23T01:14:00.000+01:002007-09-23T01:14:00.000+01:00KateYou win the pedant of the week award!Media blo...Kate<BR/>You win the pedant of the week award!<BR/><BR/>Media blogs means blogs that are associated with the media - maybe written by journalists - or blogs about the media, but with some sort of political interest. Paul Linford is indeed a media blogger. He's a journalist who happens to write a blog.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54151104133924967752007-09-23T00:37:00.000+01:002007-09-23T00:37:00.000+01:00Is that 'media blogs' as in, 'written by journalis...Is that 'media blogs' as in, 'written by journalists', or 'media blogs' as in 'blogs about the media'?<BR/>If the former, then how exactly are you distinguishing between blogs that are written by journos but count in other categories, eg. politics, and those written by journos that count as specifically 'media' blogs? I'd interpret 'media blogs' as meaning 'blogs about the media'. Yet some on your list - eg. Paul Linford - are far from being 'media' bloggers in that sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70437939693538623372007-09-22T21:15:00.000+01:002007-09-22T21:15:00.000+01:00The Beeb's man in Ulster, Mark Devonport (already ...The Beeb's man in Ulster, Mark Devonport (already on the Top 20 Irish) is worth a glimpse:<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.com