I would have posted this Christian Science Monitor article if only because it is by fellow Haligonian and Kings College alumnist and my brother’s fellow Halifax Daily News guy, Tom Regan. Apart from my obvious suckiness and cronyistic motivations, it is an excellent observation of the bloggy triumph of the gut over the brain and pajamastan’s current toying with the dark void:
I’m a big fan of blogs and I truly believe they have the potential to reenergize and redefine journalism. But the reality is, despite what their more ardents boosters say, most blogs are driven by opinion. Occasionally they will uncover a news nugget, but bloggers will then wrap that nugget in so much personal opinion that in the end it bears almost no resemblance to actual events.