I want to draw your attention to another blogspot for one moment.
It's a blog very similar to this blog, it is run by Chris D. Jackson. A 19 year old student at the University of North Alabama and just your average American teenager trying to make a difference in society. He is an advocate for Tenn.'s Harold Ford Jr.'s run for Senate.
What makes his blog noteworthy is because he was attacked by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
This is what makes blogs so great. It puts a lone 19 year college student on par with a national political party.
You do not have to be a media tycoon, talk show host or even a crazed columnist. You just have to be someone aware, concerned and courageous enough to speak your mind. Suddenly, you are on the same stage as the noise makers.
The NY Times had a very interesting article that basically stated that blogs have equalized access to the public forum.
The folks on the left are far more savvy about all aspects of blogging and are on the bleeding edge on both the technology side and on the content side. The right, which at one time dominated blogging (example: Drudge Report) have now ceded their position to the left and reverted back to their safety zone - talk radio.
Talk radio (and for that account Fox News) has steadily been losing its audience to the blogs and with that I say, "Digital has killed the Radio Star"
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