Here are his opening remarks
In their introductions several panellists focused on the perception that British political blogging lags behind America. Lloyd Shepherd suggested this might be because the BBC has a chilling effect on political debate in this country but others disagreed, suggesting that it will take an election before British political bloggers come into their own.
John Kampfner, editor of the New Statesman talked about the difficulty for traditional media of delivering online content that is fast and accessible but which also retains the rigour expected of long established brands.
2 comments:
"it will take an election before British political bloggers come into their own."
An excellent point. USA political blogging seems to be picking up as the campaigns heat up.
British newspapers seem to do a much better job of political coverage overall. Broader, more insightful, across a wider spectrum, and snappier to read. At least as seen from this side of the pond. There's no ready-made opening for political blogging.
Political news from the main stream media in the USA is unbalanced, inaccurate, and puts me to sleep.
That leaves an opening for political blogs to step into.
Showing up shortcomings in the coverage by the MSM adds a spice unavailable in Britain. Political blogging in the USA came of age exposing Dan Rather and CBS' Memogate hoax when the MSM tried to suppress the story.
The British media seems unlikely to offer a similar opportunity.
You make a good point that part of the reason that Americana bloggers are more influential is the lack of coverage in the American mainstream press,the British papers have historically covered politics in greater depth.
However as political coverage in the Uk is declining,I do beleive that bloggers will come to the fore.Political stories are already being broken by bloggers sucha s Guido and they will play an important role in the 4th estate
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