Blog comments are not posts

There's a bit of a fuss going on in US politics. You can read the details at Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard. The alarming aspect is that Bill Clinton's ex-lawyer has angrily pointed the finger at bloggers. He can't (or doesn't want to) distinguish between bloggers and commenters. Here's an extract from Scott's post:

...he cites a list of five examples of "the type of thing the liberal blog sites have been posting about Joe Lieberman" — "emotional outbursts by these usually anonymous bloggers."

However, every single one of his examples is actually a comment on someone's blog ...

... They're not "things" the "liberal blog sites" have been "posting"; they're things various random passersby have posted.

Comments

[lenmcgrane]

Not surprised. ANY stinging remark is hard for the corporates to wear. Commenters, of course, are like little teams. Build them the right way and a team can tackle the discomfort of any corporate. Especially when they are nimble, geographically wide-spread, blog commenters! In fact, here's an idea that's just ocuring to me as I write, the blogosphere should be offering team building programs for blog commenters. Perhaps it already does! Strong, mobile teams of commenters, harassing and exposing the lumbering corporate -- don't you just LOVE this!