An interesting Article , except for the second paragraph.

Labor " Progressive" ?

More like Labor retreating from its' Election Policies , methinks.

Ok - I too thought the 'progressive v conservative' dichotomy rather strained but anyways...
it seems to me that there is a fundamental and crucial difference between a traditional journalist and a blogger - credibility.
What one hears through traditional media sources one generally assumes to have been checked for factual content. What one reads on the internet from bloggers one generally assumes to be either opinion, lunacy, satire, pointless or just plain fantasy.
Besides, there is a long and proud tradition of anonymity or pseudonyms in the defence of liberty.

i..pro-test...some-of my best friends are bloggers
[mainly cause i dont trust pro-[paid]-fessionals]

especially paid to/propangandise..the pr/spin
or the party-line...or the papers-owners adgenda

[take..the media obsession for today
some..fox tell..model..thing

who in the media is going to tell you
fox..wanted one girl..to win
and some magi-zeen..wanted the other to win

that fox left the lines..for voting open
to try to get their...'girl'...up

in the end..it was 3 votes different
but because of some possable[likely].. audit..of the voting
the announcement..had to be reconsided..

to avoid even worse/exposure

its a grand-scam
just like the xboxfacter..
where they tweak..their signed-up..[con-tracted]..rising-stars

bah the media..is too full of pro's
give me bloggers anyday

ps we arnt as annon..as you pretend
to acces the web..we ned to give real details
the system knows who all of us is

and we dont have clever lawyers..to defend us/if we err
like the pro's do...nor editors to tekll us what to right about

we do what we do simply to help others
we dont get a penny..for our creative informatrive info

only trying to bring some truth
get over yourselves

let the people decide
how can you lot sleep at night

oh right...your embedded
neutral..no way

here we know each others bias
we are here..being honest to/with each-other
[ok..most of us..]

if we cant have free...opinion
if we cant share our thoughts

its no skin-off your nose

thank-you..for your opinion
but why blog it?

or was you paid to blog it
[retoricle questions...no need to reply]

[i have vented..
now im over it]

aint that better/than..an auto-bomb?..[old car]..
or rioting in the street?