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Blogs work in sports too!

Saturday, April 28, 2007 by Dave Winer.

Curt Schilling: "So for one of the first times this blog serves one of the purposes I'd hoped it would if the need arose. The media hacked and spewed their way to a day or two of stories that had zero basis in truth. A story fabricated by the media, for the media. The best part was that instead of having to sit through a litany of interviews to 'defend' myself, or my teammates, I got to do that here." Permalink to this paragraph

How many times have reporters proclaimed blogs stupid, irrelevant or dead.  Permalink to this paragraph

Now you know why. They're freaked out because their exclusive access to the minds of readers is in its waning days. Blogs are the reason why.  Permalink to this paragraph

The next step is for publishers to realize that the monopoly is breaking, and to start doing deals with the sources. Permalink to this paragraph

Here's Schilling's blog. And feed.  Permalink to this paragraph





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