tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312183777522008540.post3485856848459816015..comments2023-11-02T05:46:17.571-07:00Comments on QuantumDice: Benjamin Franklin, bloggerHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312183777522008540.post-7474621499814608932008-04-04T09:11:01.746-07:002008-04-04T09:11:01.746-07:00I've always thought that early American newspa...I've always thought that early American newspapers were essentially blogs.<br><br>Many were sole proprietorships (maybe you rated an apprentice, maybe you didn't). Editors wrote about whatever they pleased - often with opinion overriding accuracy. Folks would post comments by writing letters (Silence Dogood anyone?).<br><br>So ol Ben WAS a blogger, only they called them "newspapers" back then.-30-http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077091185218143621noreply@blogger.com