Ok - a bit of a plunge into the bru-ha-ha of the Gomery Inquiry (A.K.A. Adscam, A.K.A Sponsorship Scandal) here in Canada. From the perspective of an internet user and a blogger, I find the Attorney General of Canada's reaction to Captain Ed's website interesting and somewhat depressing. There may be a media ban in place, but I do not think that this precludes Captain Ed's source from revealing information to Captain Ed. It doesn't really matter who Captain Ed's source is - the fact remains that Captain Ed is writing from a personal blog in America. He is not media - at least, nobody has defined blogs yet (even political blogs) of being media and therefore having the rights and responsibilities that the press have.
It seems to me that companies and governments in the Western hemisphere are trying to play blogs both ways - as a tool to be used when it suits them (like for positive advertising) but not allowing the freedom of expression that is granted to a person who is writing in a personal blog. The guy who got fired from Google for writing his personal opinions is another example. Personally I think that for the protection of the general public, some base definitions of a blog need to be nailed down such as definitions of personal versus special interest blogs and the rights and responsibilities that each type should be accorded. There - politics, law and computers rolled into one...
BTW, yes, I am using the comic the Captain Ed also posts - I find it interesting both from a political side and from the technological viewpoint
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