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By Christopher Beam
Posted Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, at 5:26 PM ET

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Group blog Shakespeare's Sister argues the book is beside the point: "If you've got contempt for the Constitution, there isn't a book in the world upon which swearing to protect and uphold it will make a damn bit of difference." And anyway, she wonders, "Why the hell is Dennis Prager on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council in the first place?"

Read more about Prager's remarks.

News on wheels: Newspaper giant Gannett is streamlining its labor force by employing "mobile journalists"—also called "mojos"—to cover "hyper-local" news. Bloggers feel a certain kinship.

Brian C. Russell at Yesh hopes this change means more respect for bloggers: "My main concern is how will media companies fairly compensate citizen journalists. I'm not necessarily talking about money. Some bloggers happily donate their work. … But if companies don't respect users (bloggers, citizen journalists) then their partnerships will fail." But Greg Sterling at media blog Screenwerk looks askance at the move: "Newspapers need to retain the integrity their greatest asset, editorial content, and not pump a bunch of 'cat in local tree' stories onto their sites for the sake of having local content."

Media watcher Mathew Ingram thinks "mojos" just do "what good reporters have been doing for decades": "The secret is to get close to your audience and talk about the things that matter to them, and they will get close to you."

Read more about Gannett's "mojos."

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