The supposed "liberal" media has covered several events centered around blogging. All have had little or no representation from liberal or progressive blogs, and overwhelming representation from conservative ones.
Sean-Paul Kelley of The Agonist. is asking the National Press Club to include a serious liberal blogger in an upcoming forum. The "discredited conservative media operative Jeff Gannon, neé Guckert," who wasn't a blogger until after he was unmasked, was invited to be a panelist. "Guckert's token liberal counterpart will be a gossip blogger and sex comedy blogger."
As Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise said:
You can't make this stuff up: The National Press Club's panel on blogs and journalism includes Gannon/Guckert and Wonkette, but no liberal bloggers.
The Gannon/Guckert story was investigated and written first and most in blogs, primarily by John Aravosis of Americablog.org, yet the National Press Club, that bastion of the "liberal" media, did not think to invite him to be on the panel. Sean-Paul's full letter asking them to include Aravosis is here, along with contact info to weigh in with the Press Club.
