Comments on: Huffington Blog a Failure?

By: The Dread Pundit Bluto

The Dread Pundit Bluto — Wed, 11 May 2005 02:13:36 +0000

The Huffington Post - Day Two
The Huffington Post may accomplish what the mainstream media thus far has been unable to do: suck the life out of blogs.

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:24:31 +0000

Around the Blogosphere
No to Judges outside the Liberal Plantation Powerline, Captain's Quarters Ann Coulter and the Intolerance of Academe Powerline, Volokh Conspiracy...

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:20:29 +0000

Arianna's Blog Blows
It was certainly the most hyped blog before it ever made its first post public. I think it deserves more than one day before we bury it.

By: The Dread Pundit Bluto

The Dread Pundit Bluto — Tue, 10 May 2005 05:09:48 +0000

Huffington's site is like someone trying to make a chopper out of a Vespa. No soul. "I've got some other exceedingly interesting pieces up my sleeve..." - Now we know why Uncle Walter made his name on television instead of in print. And no comments? Not really a blog, then (and yes, that applies to Instapundit and Kausfiles as well). What's Arianna afraid of? Some dainty celeb poster getting mauled by the lumpen proletariat? The chance of a good celebrity bashing was the only reason I'd consider visiting her website.

By: gold

gold — Tue, 10 May 2005 02:21:33 +0000

no way to post comments. not as fun.

but it does have comments from elected representatives of the us government. alot better than some fat ugly blogger in their back room somewhere spewing garbage.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 10 May 2005 01:12:31 +0000

Iâm taking a âwait-and-seeâ attitude on this one. Heh. I'm taking a "stay away and be happy" attitude.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Tue, 10 May 2005 01:06:01 +0000

Doesn't look any worse to me than any other start-up blog. Some I've seen turn out great, some not. I'm taking a 'wait-and-see' attitude on this one. Though I'll note that it does seem to be missing one thing I consider a very big plus -- comments. (And yes, I do have the same complaint about instapundit.com.)

By: Huff And Blow

Huff And Blow — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:51:01 +0000

I probably wouldn't use Air America as a reference point. They recently came back on the air in Chicago. Well, not really Chicago. More like 50 miles northwest of there, on a 2500 watt station.

Nikki Finke's comments are obviously intended to dispel the widespread belief that HP is written by elites. As we know, the elites stayed away. That is intended to make people think Arianna is one of The People and that she's opposed by the real liberal elite.

By: carla

carla — Mon, 09 May 2005 23:59:07 +0000

Wow. Talk about prognosticationus prematurus.

It's been up less than 24 hrs. Jeez.

Conservatives are just so negative.

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Mon, 09 May 2005 23:04:19 +0000

Hilary's iPod The Huffington Post may or may not already be a colossal failure but Hilary Rosen's Open the iPod post has generated hoots and hollers among those I respect. From Copyfight's Ernest Miller: This was and is an obvious consequence of...

By: joe

joe — Mon, 09 May 2005 22:32:54 +0000

The site was also linked by Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing. I've been there and will no doubt visit again, but I'm in no hurry to add her rss feed...

By: billy

billy — Mon, 09 May 2005 22:22:39 +0000

keep in mind these are the same fools who pronounce air america radio dead on the same week they open 6 new stations; bill o'reilly loses 1/3 of his audience; and rush limbaugh loses: 25% of his listnership, 10% of his hearing, and gains 50 pounds.

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Mon, 09 May 2005 22:17:34 +0000

Well, he did temper his criticism. He didn't say it's the box office equivalent of Gigli, Ishtar, Heaven's Gate, and Town and Country. Because that would really suck.