Blogger Vs. Journalist — Access Denied

An anonymous reader writes "The Application Delivery Networking blog has an interesting take on bloggers vs. journalists. The post is a response to a complaint on Mark Evans' blog about why Nortel wouldn't give him access, despite the fact that he's the only blogger that focuses solely on Nortel. As a tech PR guy I can tell you that the article hits the nail right on the head about vendors' tenuous relationship with bloggers." Quoting: "You probably aren't aware of the hierarchy out there [in] the media community. Access to information from vendors is based on your status within the hierarchy. The information a member of the press gets from a vendor is different from what's given to an analyst and is different than what a blogger is going to receive. Bloggers... [can] be dangerous because they aren't bound by any rules. And that's what you're missing because you've not been a member of the press... And guess where bloggers fall [in the hierarchy]? Yup. Stand up straight, there, private!"

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I have a solution to all of this.

[Seumas]

Drum up some press and hype for an earth-shattering secret announcement. Perhaps something from Apple. Hand out passes to every idiot with a blogger.com account or wordpress installed on their server. They'll feel so important and worthy that they'll definitely show up for the event.

Herd them all into the assembly hall where they would expect the announcement.

Bar and lock the doors. Pump in some sarin gas.