Mentre Heather perde il suo lavoro per avere liberamente descritto i suoi colleghi nel suo weblog, il giornalista Andy Sullivan scopre che il blog non ha padroni e quindi gli permette una totale libertà di parola:

What it basically means is that a writer no longer needs a wealthy proprietor to get his message across to readers. He no longer needs an editor, either. Psychologically, this is a big deal. It means a vast amount of drivel will no doubt find its way to the web. But it also means that a writer is finally free of the centuries’ old need to suck up to various entities to get an audience.

Il giornalismo della carta stampata sta al weblog come il treno sta all’automobile?