I really hate the word. I will never stop hating the word. But "blog" is just an extension of a diary. Issues can be presented. News can be broadcast; just look at the brave Lebanese who blogged during the crisis of 2006 or the Iraqis who do the same. Or the Chinese, the Burmese . . . the list goes on.
But, like Anne Frank, it's relevant . . . and no one is paying you for it. You don't have to adhere to a preconceived agenda. It's just like writing "What I Did on my Summer Holiday". Except for twenty million people.
There is no editor, no arbiter, no censor, no cynic. Just your uncensored, unpaid opinion, pure and simple. And if newspapers think they'll be able to imitate a true blog any time soon, they've got several other thinks coming . . .
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