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rydel23 ranks as one of the most prominent bloggers in Belarus, and one of the more prominent bloggers hosted on Livejournal. I enjoy reading his blog via my friends' page. This is one reason why I find myself disturbed to discover that he has been subjected to what can--charitably--be described as yellow journalism by a Belarusian-language tabloid.
The intersection between the blogosphere and the print media interests me, particularly when the print media reacts to blogs and bloggers. (And no, I'm not following Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds in arguing that blogs are inherently revolutionary.) Certain forms of criticism are productive; certain forms aren't. Whatrydel23 was subjected to is about as far from productive as I can imagine.
The future ofrydel23 is for its owner to decide. I do hope that he decides to keep it up, regardless of the idiots out there. Even if they weren't outnumbered by appreciative readers, it would still be worth keeping it going.
rydel23 ranks as one of the most prominent bloggers in Belarus, and one of the more prominent bloggers hosted on Livejournal. I enjoy reading his blog via my friends' page. This is one reason why I find myself disturbed to discover that he has been subjected to what can--charitably--be described as yellow journalism by a Belarusian-language tabloid.The intersection between the blogosphere and the print media interests me, particularly when the print media reacts to blogs and bloggers. (And no, I'm not following Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds in arguing that blogs are inherently revolutionary.) Certain forms of criticism are productive; certain forms aren't. What
rydel23 was subjected to is about as far from productive as I can imagine.The future of
rydel23 is for its owner to decide. I do hope that he decides to keep it up, regardless of the idiots out there. Even if they weren't outnumbered by appreciative readers, it would still be worth keeping it going.
