And you are my Web Log Reader. Welcome! The NewsHour just had a piece on Web Logging.

Mentioned command-post, salam pax, instapundit, andrewsullivan

"Might they be just soap boxes for narcisstic prats?" [paraphrased; I need an editor]

An expert from MSNBC gave her imprimatur to the blogging phenomon.

Included example of Trent Lott affair, including interview with Joshua Marshall describing how he did his magic and his surprise at how effective it was once the real media picked up on it.

how Albritton got 10k to go to Iraq and AS got much more.

Are they journalism? Only if they're edited, per MSNBC's expert.

Included: a lawyer reading a letter he wrote to Marshall, his online Web Logging idol.

Someone needs to define the term 'post' to Terence Smith; a 'blog' is not a 'post.'