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Blog ignorance

By Kevin OKeefe

I was watching Larry King's interview with comedian Lewis Black last night when Larry's last question was whether Black had started a blog. Absolutely not said Black, 'I refuse to blog.' He went on to say blog sounded like some condition, 'I have blog,' and that anyone without any authority can start a blog. Larry then went on to bash blogs a bit saying anyone can start a blog on any subject and then start posting to the Internet. Elicited Black's response that it used to at least take a degree... Reminded me of the Chief Marketing Officer at an AmLaw 100 law firm who didn't want 'her lawyers' blogging because they were not going to use a medium where just anyone without authority could say anything. How could anyone tell if it was a junior high kid in the basement or a lawyer with 20 years experience giving opinions on corporate privacy issues? Oh my God, what has the world come to? Folks with these sorts of opinions let go of their common sense and have no clue how the Internet works...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).