John Lender of the Baltimore Sun joins the ranks of newspaper reporters explaining how significant of an impact blogging is having on culture, politics, and darn it, free speech. Traditional media has long resisted turning over any editorial control to "people on the outside," aka bloggers.

But with the influence of blogging permeating every faucet of society over the past five years especially, newspapers cannot afford to ignore it, and must dish out some editorial control to non traditional jojurnalists, those without the necessary training, experience and education.

This of course is a hotly contested issue in the world of blogging (I hate the word blogosophere; can we vote to change it?) and media conglomerates across the U.S. and the world. It goes without saying that many trained and qualified journalists are threatened by an increasing number of bloggers who are attracting readers and building a base.


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