This is not FR policy, just a rule-of-thumb. The whole blogpimp thing has messed things up a bit.
I know, and and I think my gut feeling has served me well.
I am an economist, but have spent some years formally studying journalism at university level.
For instance there is this video by Pat Condell... An English commentator on youtube were he talks about the sudden change in the Swedish constitution. Illegals gets the same rights as “Swedes”. Multiculturalism is made a constitutional issue. It has become “unlawful” to leave the EU.
Most Swedes woke up a few weeks ago to this headline:
“Congratulations Sweden, you have a new constitution!”
Imagine Americans, waking up an picking up USAToday and seeing that.
This news have not appeared anywhere else as far as I know. For goodness sake, Swedes themselves woke up to this...This sort of stuff is “news”. In Sweden’s case it’s vital news.
Anyhow my conclusions are:
1. Allegra is awsome
2. The mods have been a part of creating the best darned web community that I have ever seen-
3. On spreading the word..... Socorro still suck :-)
Have a good one,
Cheers