The key points of the article is that CBS' Rather gets the sack because of the bloggers, foremost of which was buckhead on the Freerepublic. The Freerepublic is the standard for online commentary and opinion --it's fast, intuitive, informative, nothing compares and there're lots of wannabes. Everybody's talking about blogs and freepers.
What I'm saying is that either the public will add "freep" to the general vocabulary or the definition of the word "blog" will change. It happens. King James once said that Westminster Cathedral was "terrible, artificial, and awful." He was praising the cathedral. Now, we say 'terrific' for good and 'terrible' for bad. The same for artful/artificial and awesome/awful. Things change --we just have to get used to not getting used to it.
BTW, you got to really watch your step when ever you quote the King James Bible ;-).
You're a smart guy and I'm a smart guy and we both agree on the mutability of the English language, but it's not always accurate or smart.
Irregardless.
Inflammable.
Point is, blog is perfectly accurate if we're talking about an online log (journal). It's not accurate if we're talking about a bulletin board, which isn't a log at all.
You're right, and I agree that it's happening. I can't help but resist it, however.