Landeryou on “Freedom” and the “golden age”.
Andrew Landeryou responds this morning to a bizarre intervention by Neil Mitchell in the blog-gate affair, where he suggests that the Liberal bloggers should be prosecuted for “cyber-bullying”.
It leads Landeryou to offer a colourful call to arms, where he suggests that the activities of Australia’s blogosphere point towards a potential “golden age of political journalism”. He riffs a little on the decline of The Age, then says:
For all its downside, the new possibilities for communicating have the potential to usher in a golden age of political journalism, no longer monopolised by cultural elites but populated by a seething mix of leftards and patriots slugging it out, sometimes with harsh words, sometimes persuading, sometimes preaching to the choir but almost always adding to the sum total of human knowledge, debate and thought in a way that vastly exceeds what our grand-parents and their parents were able to enjoy. This is truly the golden age for political journalism and don’t let any Monthly reading, beret wearing lefty grouch in a Westgarth coffee shop tell you otherwise.
It might be an overly combative vision of the blogosphere’s potential, but broadly, I hope he’s right. It’s worth reading the piece in its entirety.
He’s also reminded me that I must pick up my beret from the dry-cleaner.
I’m banned from commenting on ‘Let Freedom Ring’ Vexnews; and the anti-Landeryou blog ‘Slanderyou New’ isn’t accepting comments because the blogger there is always fiddling with settings on his site. For the last fortnight it has been impossible to post a comment there because of a software glitch.
I’m trying to find a site where I can post anonymously without silly bloggers looking over my shoulder, demanding id, or (as Landeryou does) forever blocking and banning my comments.