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Article: SPEAKING FREELY CAN COST BLOGGERS.(FRONT)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- July 9, 2005
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Byline: Martha Irvine Associated Press
CHICAGO -- Blogs are everywhere - increasingly, the place where young people go to bare their souls, to vent, to gossip.
And often they do so with unabashed fervor and little self-editing, posting their innermost thoughts for any number of Web surfers to see.
There is a freedom in it, as 23-year-old Allison Martin attests. "Since the people who read my blog are friends or acquaintances of mine, my philosophy is to be totally honest - whether it's about how uncomfortable my panty hose are or my opinions about First Amendment law," says Martin, who lives in suburban Chicago and has been blogging for four ...