Blueshirt Banter Radio Circles the Wagons Tonight at 8:30 PM

I can’t believe they would protect useless Sather from the fans and people who pay the salaries of the entire organization!!! God forbid the fans should get their say!!!

I know this is going to make me rather unpopular but I see both sides of this issue because I have to deal with it every day. I can not blame the Rangers or any other team from not issuing credentials when bloggers act like fans and not like journalists.

Sorry Jim I can see the Ranger’s POV if you were one of the leaders of the “Fire Sather” rally. I was not there so I do not know what role you played but a journalist has to cover the story not become part of it.

If you at the rally was an active participant and not just covering the event then the Rangers just might have an argument here. That is the problem here is there is no established rules as to define the difference between the blogger who is a fan or the blogger journalist.

You, Nick and Eddie do a great job here at the Banter but ask yourself are you a journalist or a fan voicing your opinion? That is the weapon the Rangers and even the Mainstream Media want to use against you, me and anyone who has a blog.

I read Puck Daddy’s article and one thing struck me more than the NHL stance and that was the Pro Hockey Writers Association still has not come up with standards for membership for bloggers. In 2006 at the Entry Draft the PHWA held their meeting and I happen to sit in for curiousity.

The PHWA has been talking about developing a policy for bloggers since before 2006 and that too should be as much an issue as the NHL stance.

And I also think that if Cablevision had their way they would ban even the mainstream media so their “Anti-blogger” stance is part of their own dislike of the media in general.

Right now bloggers are easy targets because the line between fan and journalist has not been established. And this dispute is going to continue until those lines are established.