Only on a blog…
by henrycopelandMonday, September 29th, 2003
Josh Marshall publishes an unbroken string of 100+ questions & answers from a White House Press conference this morning. This is the kind of “I publish, you decide” journalism that can only appear on a blog. In juxtaposition to the sound bites published by traditional media, this is a factual banquet. Finally, the message is the message.
September 29th, 2003 at Sep 29, 03 | 6:58 pm
I think it’s annoying as hell. Blogs should never have posts that long. And really, really bad for advertisers.
September 29th, 2003 at Sep 29, 03 | 9:11 pm
In a couple of hours, the item will be gone, at least from public view. Scrolling is easier than clicking to “read more” = I’d rather skim or skip posts that don’t engage me.
October 3rd, 2003 at Oct 03, 03 | 4:19 am
Definitely. There’s plenty of vertical space on the Web. I’d rather publishers use it than stick with the artificial “page” model.
I read that Josh Marshall post right about when he posted it, and I found it extremely useful to understanding the subject at hand.
I wouldn’t want to visit a blog that did that every day (gaggles are usually boring as hell), but Marshall knows his audience–that particular Q&A was compelling from start to finish for his readers.
November 1st, 2005 at Nov 01, 05 | 11:30 am
Could anyone actually read that entire post? I have my doubts…
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