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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

TIME.com: Meet Joe Blog -- Jun. 21, 2004

TIME.com: Meet Joe Blog -- Jun. 21, 2004: "What makes blogs so effective? They're free. They catch people at work, at their desks, when they're alert and thinking and making decisions. Blogs are fresh and often seem to be miles ahead of the mainstream news. Bloggers put up new stuff every day, all day, and there are thousands of them. How are you going to keep anything secret from a thousand Russ Kicks? Blogs have voice and personality. They're human. They come to us not from some mediagenic anchorbot on an air-conditioned sound stage, but from an individual. They represent � no, they are � the voice of the little guy.
And the little guy is a lot smarter than big media might have you think. Blogs showcase some of the smartest, sharpest writing being published. Bloggers are unconstrained by such journalistic conventions as good taste, accountability and objectivity � and that can be a good thing. Accusations of media bias are thick on the ground these days, and Americans are tired of it. Blogs don't pretend to be neutral: they're gleefully, unabashedly biased, and that makes them a lot more fun. 'Because we're not trying to sell magazines or papers, we can afford to assail our readers,' says Andrew Sullivan, a contributor to TIME and the editor of andrewsullivan.com. 'I don't have the pressure of an advertising executive telling me to lay off. It's incredibly liberating.'"

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