Bloggers have bad reputation?

While I'm still doing some research and working on some other things, I thought I'd share an experience I had this morning.

I called a local political party to get contact information on a person I wanted to talk to. I stated who I was and that I was calling because I wanted to write about this person for my blog.

First I was asked "Isn't Liberal Common Sense an Oxymoron"...hehehe (Exactly!)

Then it appears we bloggers have a bad reputation as the person I spoke with was of the opinion that what we do is take pot shots at people. Dig for dirt, etc.

After I explained I was not that kind of a blogger...I started to wonder. I guess that's another goal for LCS, to show what blogging is about. Sure I'll call someone on something that's not factual and yes at times I give my opinion which might not be the way some of you feel but? To me blogging is an alternative source of information. Credibility and honesty are important.