Matt Rosenberg and Blogging

Having not actually heard Cosby's speech in context, I'm leaving THAT portion of this content alone. The point isn't what Cosby said or didn't say; the point is what Matt Rosenberg's opinion on blogs shows about his way of looking at the world.



"Matt Rosenberg on Bill Cosby & Blogging on National Review Online: "Enter the humble blogger. True, the percentage of Internet users who report they view blogs regularly is still low. But even then, we're talking some 31 million regular blog viewers. Admittedly, some blogs are about knitting, snow-boarding, or origami. Others are authored by navel-gazing college students, polyamorists, vegan anarchists, or self-declared alcoholics detailing each wretched night's debauch. But watch out for many of the rest. Their reach grows.



The Cosby story -- like others before it -- has shown that a news story can grow 'legs' thanks more to repackagers in the blogosphere than to 'legitimate' print and broadcast outlets.



--Freelance writer Matt Rosenberg is a freelance writer who hosts Rosenblog."



So in other words, Rosenberg's implication: "The only blogs whose existence truly matters are blogs not written by any of those groups mentioned--in short, blogs like mine."



What a self-congratulatory piece of crap. Apparently, his definition of an "unimportant" blog is "a blog specific to a certain person or group's interests"--and isn't it funny, how he includes only groups whose members tend to believe leftishly? "...polyamorists (and) vegan anarchists..."? I've seen plenty of blogs by "white separatists" or "NASCAR devotees" or "Christian housewives"....Why not include THOSE groups in that list??



"Oh, wait, I know!! :::waves hand wildly::: Pick me! Pick me!"



"Yes, you--the lesbian-looking fat girl in the middle of the third row...."



"Because it's EASIER to make fun of those OTHER people--

especially since the target audience for this article CLEARLY includes ONLY those wise enough to see those LIBERALS for what they really are--ratty, sinning, wool-over-the-eyes, unAmurrican snakes-in-the-grass!"



::::applause::::"Give that fat miscegenating lesbian-looking broad a cookie!!!"



See, this is the same sort of mind who values everything quantitatively--as long as it fits his worldview, that is. So the fact that many people read news-based blogs proves their value. However, the fact that many people listen to "pimp rap" (as his quoted writer so interestingly phrases it) just proves that the masses are idiots. So: If the masses like something, and I also like it, it proves that the thing I like has value. If the masses like something, and I -don't- like it--or the inverse--well, that proves that the masses don't know what they're talking about.



It must be really comforting to know that YOU are right, all the time, and the rest of the world is only right on those rare occasions when they agree with you. I'll have to try it sometime.