CNet News: Court grants media cred to bloggers for 'Scooter' Libby trial
It won't be only throngs of the so-called mainstream media filing dispatches from the trial of former senior White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, set to begin in Washington next week.
Resolving a lingering conundrum previously reported by CNET News.com, bloggers have been cleared to occupy two of the reportedly 100 seats promised to reporters, the Media Bloggers Association, an organization devoted to cultivating "citizen journalism," announced on its blog (where else?) this week.
Founder and president Bob Cox described the credentialing agreement between his organization and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as the first "high-profile opportunity" granted to bloggers. …
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