White House Credentials First Blogger

Here is a very interesting announcement:

"White House Approves Pass for Blogger
Published: March 7, 2005
Garrett M. Graff, who writes a blog about the news media in Washington, has a pass for the daily White House press briefing today."

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It seems blogging has now become part of the mainstream -- oh no, time to create something new! Or maybe the blogstream is taking over the mainstream? But how significant is this? Who's wagging the dog? Better B-Log-in to find out.

UPDATE: Well, here's the first White House blogcast

UPDATE [3/8]: Hold on! But are they really journalists? A pending ruling by a judge in California is about to set off a serious discussion about the legal status of bloggers.