It’s a strange day in the blogosphere
On the one hand, we have conservative free market advocate Andrew Sullivan acting like a PBS affiliate during the middle of pledge drive week (suggested sociology thesis topic — are NPR pledge drives strongly correlated with increased incidents of road rage?). On the other hand, we have liberal interventionist Josh Marshall making “arrangements to start ...
On the one hand, we have conservative free market advocate Andrew Sullivan acting like a PBS affiliate during the middle of pledge drive week (suggested sociology thesis topic -- are NPR pledge drives strongly correlated with increased incidents of road rage?). On the other hand, we have liberal interventionist Josh Marshall making "arrangements to start accepting advertisements on a limited basis." The paragraph that follows that quote is Marshall describing his desirable market demographic. Actually, I wouldn't read too much into this -- Sullivan already has ads, and Marshall has collected contributions from readers. It's still pretty funny. [Jealous that you can't attract either pledges or ad space?--ed. Again with the jealousy meme! No, I have no beef with either pledge drives or advertisements. In fact, I'm still weighing whether it would be appropriate to launch a fundraising drive to move off Blogspot and onto an independent web site. Feedback appreciated on this point. As for advertising, to quote Spinal Tap, my audience might not be larger than Marshall, but it is more... selective].
On the one hand, we have conservative free market advocate Andrew Sullivan acting like a PBS affiliate during the middle of pledge drive week (suggested sociology thesis topic — are NPR pledge drives strongly correlated with increased incidents of road rage?). On the other hand, we have liberal interventionist Josh Marshall making “arrangements to start accepting advertisements on a limited basis.” The paragraph that follows that quote is Marshall describing his desirable market demographic. Actually, I wouldn’t read too much into this — Sullivan already has ads, and Marshall has collected contributions from readers. It’s still pretty funny. [Jealous that you can’t attract either pledges or ad space?–ed. Again with the jealousy meme! No, I have no beef with either pledge drives or advertisements. In fact, I’m still weighing whether it would be appropriate to launch a fundraising drive to move off Blogspot and onto an independent web site. Feedback appreciated on this point. As for advertising, to quote Spinal Tap, my audience might not be larger than Marshall, but it is more… selective].
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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