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Cindi -- I'm all for people striking out into the world and trying to make something different from their lives, so this comment is not about that. But as someone who actually is published, I have to make a distinction between writing professionally and posting on message boards. It's a good entry point, but no one should ever confuse it with journalism. Even Luke, who I read avidly, would not last a day at a real newspaper because he routinely repeats hearsay as fact, and seems to lack the capacity to fact-check. The words "Porn" and "Journalist" cancel each other out in my book, since at the end of the day the "porn journalist" turns out either to be a muckraker or a shill. Just as in most entertainment journalism, which I've practiced for the last 30 years, and occasionally pulled off something deeper than the superficial crap most venues require. I think what most people who call themselves porn journalists are really are "amateur fan enthusiasts" who create access for themselves by snagging a press badge and typing up little postcards about what it was finally like to meet Tera. Zzzzzzz. If any of them really had a wider perspective or command of 11th grade English they might even be dangerous. At least as dangerous as Jamesn. But it's cool they have an outlet. Just having a blog doesn't mean you're Lester Bangs.

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