Blogs, blogging and the journalism gets headlines but I think it is a sloppy argument. A blog is a general kind of noun, like publication, and denotes nothing about its content, describing its method of publication. Blogging is an activity, but why try and make it synonomous with journalism? I stick with the blog as conversation metaphor. A blog or blogger might be journalist or journalism, but it isn't necessary. The attack of the courts on free speech is another matter and I am increasingly struck by parallels between the dreaded Nixon administration's relations with the press, and the current administration's. The urge to substitute P.R. for reporting might be a natural one for autocrats, but it must be seen for the attempt to dominate that it is, and resisted.Are Bloggers Journalists?