Here in NEOhio, we’ve had two kind of colossal failures in trying to marry well-known, well-respected bloggers who also admit to being partisan with two large metro papers that got the willies when politicians raised the concern about the former being paid by the latter. Then “the jig was up.”

IMO: the papers are being WAY too skittish only because they don’t know and aren’t trying to say, tough luck – we stand by these folks. I’d like to see them do some risk-taking.

I know there are some examples of papers doing risk-taking but most of the time it’s still within the traditional range.

Anyway – I apologize – I’m in enormous physical pain with a backache of all things so I have to stop here but I do really appreciate your input.

For a little extra context, what I said was that top-down editorial was far too prevalent 10 years ago, and that today the wisdom of the crowds is far too prevalent. What I’m seeking is a balance between the truly gifted editors out there and the exceptional contributions of the audience members–not one or the other.

Balance is the key, not one or the other.