..."Is it curtains for critics?" This article asks whether bloggers are putting the pros out of business.
It ignores several big points:
1. A number of bloggers are also professionals in their field.
2. A lot of critics are amateurs. Total amateurs.
3. The issue is focusing attention on the role of the critic as never before. Until arts blogging came along to show that commentary is both wanted and needed, newspapers could shed critics and arts coverage with equanimity. Perhaps they need us more than they thought.
Present blogger/critic is happy to send own list of credentials to anyone who wants it.
