Arianna Huffington’s incredibly influential and well-known blog/news network debuted back in 2005. And, keeping with the Tuesday tradition (I’m seriously not planning these out, they just happen), there’s two things to show: the first blog posting, and the first news item.
The honour of first blog post goes to Michael Smerconish in his piece from May 9, 2005, titled “Postcard From Philadelphia.” It’s a short post that brings to light the self-serving biases of the American TV media, and its quality is at least as good (I’m tempted to say better) than his more recent posts.
The first news item was published two days before launch, on May 7, and is about a scientology information tent set up on the set of a Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg film (presumably, but not explicitly, War of the Worlds). Short and to the point.
These are definitely The Good… but what else would you expect when someone calls in favours from professional writer-friends?
“Postcard from Philadelphia” (blog)
“Cruise, Spielberg Defend On-Set Scientology ‘Information Tent’” (news)
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