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CBS News | Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism | November 8, 2004�15:30:22: "One of the more self-important of these blog-ops, Andrew Sullivan, declared in a newspaper article in September that the internet upstarts had become, along with cable-TV, the new 'powerbrokers in American politics and culture,' primed to unseat 'old media.' In another piece he compared the new and old thusly: 'Critics of blogs cite their lack of professionalism. Piffle. The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.' That hubris was rampant through much of blogland as election night rolled round. "