Pajamas Media disrobes

I missed the grand opening but having looked at their roster of almost exclusively far right wing bloggers, (token liberal David Corn what were you thinking?), I don't have much to say about it. It's all so confusing that even the key players couldn't explain it. At the moment it looks like a formalized version of the open post/link to each other thing, that is so popular among the Bush blogging crowd these days. I'm sure it drives traffic but how it informs the public escapes me. Perhaps it will evolve. Anyway, whatever it becomes eventually, it sure ain't no Huff Post.

I do find the new name particularly curious. Open Source MediaTM would suggest free content, just as open source software is free to all users. OSM's stern copyright warning would belie the name - but I guess if you're supporting an administration that routinely uses Bushspeak, where for instance, clear skies and clean water translates to allowing more pollution, you may as well play to your audience. Especially when your chief funder is a hard core neo-con with strong ties to the White House.

Kos has more on the name, Brad Blog has background and Tas at Loaded Mouth has some pointed commentary worth reading.

Update: More links. Photos of key players here. I think the woman who is so offended by James Wolcott having noticed the shots have this quality of soft porn is the one who posted them. Wolcott is right of course, forget the breast fondling, I haven't seen a mouth that wide open since the last time I watched a porno flick.