See bloggers as the new pamphleteers

Interesting comment here on the case of Californian video-blogger Josh Wolf, who has just been released after spending six months in jail for refusing to hand over his film of a demonstration and refusing to testify before a grand jury. Many US journalists don't believe Wolf qualifies to be called a journalist. But Wolf is now arguing that bloggers like himself are 21st century equivalents of 18th century pamphleteers, such as Thomas Paine. Really? (Via Matthew Ingram)