Well, 90% of what I said ended up on the cutting room floor mainly because, I think, I spoke a little too rapidly and my sentences were too long.
However, you can read about the BBC West Politics Show on blogging and there is also a links to the iPlayer record of it as well.
My main point was that blogging has become an increasingly popular news source for journalists (because it's quick and easy and confers a veneer of expertise) but for bloggers to get their stories accepted requires the mainstream press to valdiate them. (cf McBride and smeargate).
And too many people are on the wrong side of the digital divide for blogging to be anything other than a useful additional tool for journalists and politicians at the moment.
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