{"id":330,"date":"2004-08-09T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2004-08-09T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=330"},"modified":"2007-03-05T07:17:59","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T12:17:59","slug":"the-meritocracy-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-meritocracy-of-blogging","title":{"rendered":"The Meritocracy of Blogging?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article over at BusinessWeek about executive blogging<\/a>. It’s kinda neat (I think they’re REALLY wrong with their comment about the current number of blogs in existence), but there’s a typically impenetrable comment from FCC chairman Michael Powell in it:<\/p>\n

Blogs also give readers the chance to respond. Powell wrote in his first entry that he turned to blogging “to try to get beyond the traditional inside-the-Beltway Washington world where lobbyists filter the techies. I’m looking forward to an open, transparent, and meritocracy-based<\/em> communication.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As ever: Huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Article over at BusinessWeek about executive blogging. It’s kinda neat (I think they’re REALLY wrong with their comment about the current number of blogs in existence), but there’s a typically impenetrable comment from FCC chairman Michael Powell in it: Blogs also give readers the chance to respond. Powell wrote in his first entry that he … <\/p>\n

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