tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post560141739341003019..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: Journos trawl blogs for leads.. . like this onekaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-44410585942461483202009-08-11T15:53:45.865+10:002009-08-11T15:53:45.865+10:00BoB yes,
I had no problem tipping in when asked t...BoB yes,<br /><br />I had no problem tipping in when asked to, by my favored blog and if AB's column could not be read online I might pay for that as well.<br /><br />But I cannot see myself paying for a newspaper run blog.<br /><br />If TB would resurrect the old blog? yes I'm in for a few bucks covering the costs.<br /><br />OrionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-8829121862248567012009-08-10T21:49:14.951+10:002009-08-10T21:49:14.951+10:00I gave Michael Yon fifty bucks last year to allow ...I gave Michael Yon fifty bucks last year to allow him to continue reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan. He is undertaking good old fashioned reporting - going out on the ground, talking to people, and reporting on what he sees and what people tell him. I reckon it was money well spent.<br /><br />Why any newspaper editor thinks I should pay good money to read regurgitated press releases is beyond me. If they go back to having a stable of Michael Yon's, they might have a hope in selling their content.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-86926334823379891612009-08-10T19:43:08.443+10:002009-08-10T19:43:08.443+10:00Anonymous (is that you Michael?)
Some days are di...Anonymous (is that you Michael?)<br /><br />Some days are diamonds...<br /><br />Some days are stone.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-65346760334463057682009-08-10T19:41:19.815+10:002009-08-10T19:41:19.815+10:00Paying for the newspaper's content online is f...Paying for the newspaper's content online is fair enough as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />But to pay to read inane comments and reply in same manner on a blog?<br /><br />They gotta be joking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com