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The Ben-Smith-osphere waxes further
Life used to be so simple.
Back in the good old days of hazy memory – what, maybe six weeks ago? – when you wanted to browse a blog devoted to New York City politics, you basically had The Politicker, and that was pretty much it.
OK, that's a gross oversimplification in the service of nostalgia, because there are many other fine blogs out there. That said, it's also fair to say, fellow bloggers, that Ben Smith set benchmarks for the local blogging scene. There was one place you could go to and find out what was going on in the Imperial City and its surroundings. Hence, the Ben-Smith-osphere.
No more. Ben's now at The Daily Politics under the Daily News masthead; further, some of his commenters now have their own platform at Room 8; and now, with a flourish, and as recently previewed on The Daily Gotham, the New York Times enters the fray with The Empire Zone. That one-stop-shopping simplicity is a thing of the past.
Oy. Just how many people care about this stuff, anyway? Or are we all collectively, perhaps, creating a new audience to take an active interest in the decisions of our state and local governments and the players who make them?
Stay tuned.
Are those people interns?
Who are these so-called bloggers? They can't even get people who actually have done this before?
Geezus cristcles.
Time will tell
Give them time. They certainly came out the gate with a bang with that Hill & Bill story.
If it shakes up the landscape then it's good.
With all this going on I could only hope that it shakes up the political landscape. If it does, then it's all good. Things need to change.
I think it is
People are finally talking about local politics again, in no small part because of all of our efforts, no matter what point of view we write from.