Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign

During my brief tenure as blogmaster for a Democratic presidential contender, I experienced the right-wing smear machine firsthand

I announced that I was taking the job on Jan. 30, and the same week, I noticed a small flare-up of oddly aggressive and misogynistic comments in my moderation queue over a short, irritated post I wrote about the coverage of the Duke lacrosse rape case on CNN. I assumed that some anti-feminist blogger had linked me and so, in frustration, I went and rewrote my by-then week-old post to mock the commenters by spelling out my views in childish, ... Full Story »

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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
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by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Oct. 1, 2008

"Self-serving" is a great description of this piece. As insight into the mind of an unrestrained non-journalist with a blog, it was great. But as a view of the real world.... the "no one gives us young female bloggers a chance because we aren't white males" tone showed an amazing disconnect from reality. The last "new media" conference I attended had young, female bloggers all over the place, handily outnumbering Ms. Marcotte's stereotypical "30-something nerdy young white men who wear khakis." This story could have been retitled "Why editors are still needed, and why serious bloggers should have them." That, to me, was its underlying message.

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