About That Interview...

This is bad, too:

MJ: What about bloggers going to work for candidates?

GR: When campaigns hire a blogger, they get a lot of expertise. The blogger, once they work for a candidate, they become part of the candidate's operation. But the glow wears off pretty fast. Everybody knows they're not independent anymore. Once I get an email from a blogger I know is working for a campaign, I treat it as campaign spam, because that's what it is.

I see. So it's a no-no if bloggers are on a campaign's payroll -- a la Patrick Ruffini. Makes sense.

But what if, as in the case of Hugh Hewitt and Dean Barnett, the majority their output hinges on the success of a particular candidate? (witness Barnett's lapping up Romney's non-innovation as if it were an Emma Bloomberg nipple-slip)

Tell us, Putz, what sets a volunteer hack apart from a paid hack? We'll see you in comments.