The Whole Blog Thing

So are these bloggers opinion journalists?

Instapundit

Daily KOS

Rhetorica

Local Man

Talking Points Memo

Outside the Beltway

Take a look at these six blogs. Following from the thinking (I hope) you've been doing since last class, I'd like you do two things:

1. Write a concise and coherent definition of an opinion journalist. What are the essentials, i.e. what must obtain for a person to be an opinion journalist and/or what practices must s/he follow?

2. Apply your definition to each of the six blogs listed above, and make a determination: opinion journalist or not?

Work in teams of two. Write a short report. Print. Give to Jack.