Aren’t we past this by now?
: The New York Times calls it a “so-called blog.” The San Francisco Chronicle insists on putting quotes around “blog.” It’s a copy-editor’s put-down, trying to act as if we don’t exist.
7 responses to “Aren’t we past this by now?”
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Maybe I’m wrong, but I did not find the word “blog” in the New York Times article that was linked to this comment. The word search function did not find it either.
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just checked again. as they say in the spaghetti sauce commercials, it’s in there.
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The Emily Nussbaum NYT Sunday Magazine piece’s title was a reference to the TV show “My So-Called Life”.
My fear is that the use of “web log” will lead us eventually to “web blog”, creating a “PIN number” like redundancy. -
whats the new york times?
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Although I never thought I’d say this, but in the NYT’s defense I’ve seen the term weblog used without quotes and without a long explanation at least twice in the Sunday Times, one in the Opinion(what ever it’s called) section and once in the NYT Magazine.
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In context, I see it less a put-down of blogs in general, than of Salon in specific:
“This week Salon will begin offering a political commentary site, a so-called blog, called the War Room.”
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/so-called
Definition: [adj] doubtful or suspect; “these so-called experts are no help”
Synonym: alleged(a), questionable, supposed
“This week Salon will begin offering a political commentary site, a [alleged, questionable, supposed] blog, called the War Room.”
That reads more to me as critical of Salon’s specific offering as dubious. -
Even Doug Clifton (of the PD) used the word “blog” in his own blog…
http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/dougclifton/
