THE LIFE OF A BLOGGER

Hemingway allegedly said that after three years of journalism, get out if you intended to be a writer because formula writing would stultify your creativity. I dispute that. Journalism is another genre. Propaganda is a genre just like poetry, short stories and novels. I believe the situation determines the presentation. Whatever vehicle you choose, there is always a surprising amount of originality that evolves from the mere decision to pound the keys on your laptop. I think you lament too copiously because there is no such phenomenon as objective reporting. There is prose that disguises itself in a cloak of objectivity, but stripped of its raiment, it's a naked one-side version of an object that has as many perspectives as viewers.

The life of this blogger is a rather enjoyable one. I've been writing since midnight after drinking too much beer and eating too many wings watching the Warriors sneak away with an exciting victory. I've written three stories about our municipal elections in an inebriated state. Of course, they are slanted. Just like FOX defends Trump and CNN rips Trump and there is no middle ground, I have to make decisions that I feel are in Brownsville's best interests. If you think the few bucks thrown my way influences my coverage, you are mistaken. I have been offered substantially more from individuals with whom I don't agree. But trying to convince people that you aren't bought-and-sold is a futile endeavor and I don't lose any sleep over those critics who find this assessment conveniently fits their agenda. Always attack the messenger if you can't attack the message, not that the message isn't beyond criticism. I do appreciate your characterization of a blogger's existence. Dry humor always serves a writer well. I especially appreciate your comparison of the old crone pocketing her few bucks collecting the ballots from the disabled and elderly and delivering them to be marked by the candidates. The bloggers are a much wiser advertising investment. And there's nothing illegal in the transaction. The Sunday before the general election for the city, I bought The Brownsville Herald and not one of the fourteen candidates had bought an ad. The public wants meat and the bloggers butcher their sacrificial lambs on Market Square. Just like the bloggers, I think your prone to exaggeration, but hyperbole is an effective literary tool. But I congratulate you on your short essay. It inspired me to write an introduction defending the art of blogging and earned you a niche on the prestigious McHale Report and this blog's Facebook page. Bloggers have much space to fill and we are always indebted when someone emerges from the anonymous masses and submits an article that we know will entertain our three readers. I give the floor to the distinguished Senator from the State of Texas--John Christopher Tamayo:

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