The Future of Blogs in Politics
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I volunteer at Deb Matthews’ MPP constituency office in LNC. Lately there has been a lot of discussion in the office over what are the pros and cons of having your own blog and utilizing web podcasts. Obviously, blogs are dominating political discourse and podcasts are becoming the way of the future. While ideally it would be great if every MPP and MP could have their own blog that they constantly contribute to, creating and maintaining a blog requires a lot of time and resources. As Professor Nesbitt Larking mentioned, it is surprising that a huge political scandal hasn’t yet arisen since the advent of videophones, podcasts and blogs. Therefore, using blogs also present a risk for political figures to be caught doing or saying something that they perhaps shouldn’t be.
Do you think that it would be better for an MPP or MP to have their own blog so that they could at least partially direct the dialogue that surrounds them, or do you think blogs are not a good idea because they open up an available avenue to easily say something wrong or inappropriate? Also, do you think that with the increasing use of technology that MPP and MP’s should be given extra monetary resources from the government to maintain blogs and the digital world in general?
Do you think that it would be better for an MPP or MP to have their own blog so that they could at least partially direct the dialogue that surrounds them, or do you think blogs are not a good idea because they open up an available avenue to easily say something wrong or inappropriate? Also, do you think that with the increasing use of technology that MPP and MP’s should be given extra monetary resources from the government to maintain blogs and the digital world in general?
posted by truemuskokan at 8:35 AM
4 Comments:
"easily say something wrong or inappropriate?"
Political Correctness is so strong that people will censor themselves. What a free and democratic world we live in.
Here is a good quote by Bill Hicks that summarizes our "democracy":
"Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!"
I would add "You are free to say what we tell you to say" But its probably the same thing.
But getting back to the topic. Yes let them do their own bloggs, it wont make much difference. They have countless number of PR agents and the like working day and night to create an image that fits our PC world.
"p.s: I'm starting to dislike policians....however, still in the process of deciding how much more I can take from them!"
I think it's time to get the pitchforks out. Revolutions started over much less than what is happening right now. But its still too early, "it has to get worse before it gets better."
I say it's been only about 50-60 years since the world went upside-down. The Soviet Union lasted longer than that. So it will be probaly our kids and grandkids that will have to clean up the mess.
I believe it is fine for a MP or MPP to have a blog. They might want to clarify quotes being taken out of context, or just might want to inform citizens of their political stance on important issues. I believe that if political parties have websites, it should be okay for politicians to have blogs. If they choose to engage in such profiles, they must expect the flaque that might be fired against them (yet, I'm sure they know that already) We are in an era where technology is getting more and more complex. New ways of doing things, or marketing your self are inevitable due to the age of technology. Therefore, if politicians choose to put up a blog, then by all means, good luck to them!
Not to sound cynical, but when "regular" people do blogs on politics, they usually sound like amateur pundits. When politicians do it, it's as laughable as having a myspace page or a Facebook profile. Blogs are probably going to stay the way they are, at least in the near future.
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