Blogging For Candidates In The Coming Election
By blogging for candidates in the coming election, I mean going out in the open and posting in your blogs and websites your personal preference for candidates on the different position in the coming May 2010 national election in our country, the Philippines. As early as now, our airwaves are already filled with infomercials (political campaign ads actually) and political blogs and candidate websites are already sprouting even if the official or legal campaign period starts on February 10, 2010 for candidates for national positions and March 10, 2010 for local candidates. The legality of these occurrences is not what I am going to blog about in this article but rather about my personal opinion on how a blogger must do such campaigning for a candidate.
For those blogging to make a living or earn extra income from it, it is just natural that the coming election is a good opportunity to earn more by blogging for specific candidates. They will do it for a fee and depending on his blog’s popularity the rate may vary from five to six figures for the entire duration of the campaign. The only possible negative repercussion of a blogger’s decision to openly campaign for candidates is if the candidate he endorses will lose the election. The winner may take it against the blogger and make it difficult for the latter to conduct whatever other activities he will engage requiring the approval of the public office won by the former. Other than that, I do not see any reason why a blogger should not grab the opportunity if doing so fits his blog’s category.
If you ask me about my take on the issue, I say it this way. Owning A Café is an advocacy blog for issues affecting the internet café industry in the Philippines so if a candidate for any position has items in his political platform that will be beneficial to the i-café industry, I will definitely go for him with or without payment for the favorable blogs that I will post here. However, the candidate will have to explain to me how he intends to govern the i-café businesses in his area.
The above said, I want to us my fellow bloggers their stand on the issue. Should you or will you support a candidate by blogging for him favorably in the coming election?
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I receive many offers regarding blogging for candidates. But, as much as possible, I don’t want to get involved or get attached in any of their campaigns,offline or online.
.-= Ron Leyba´s last blog ..Sikat Ang Pinoy =-.
Personally, I do not see anything wrong with blogging for candidates whom we believe would do good for his constituents if elected and better if we would get some remuneration for doing that because it would really boost their chances of winning. What is bad and we should not do as bloggers is get involved in smear campaigns against some candidates because we are paid by their opponents.
.-= ECZ´s last blog ..Free Internet Cafe Entrepreneurship Seminar =-.
I agree with that ECZ, that kind of thing can ruin the good reputation of anyone of us, as a blogger.
.-= Ron Leyba´s last blog ..Sikat Ang Pinoy =-.
I have been blogging about issues and in support of candidates in the United States since 2003. In 2005, I took a job as the ‘blogmaster’ for a candidate running for Governor and in 2006 was the technology coordinator of a candidate running for Senate.
I believe that everyone should have an opinion about the issues and the candidates that are important about them and should be willing to state that opinion on a blog.
I will be very interested to see what goes on for blogging in the 2010 Philippines elections. I hope you and many of your readers and patrons write about the candidates and the issues.
.-= Aldon Hynes´s last blog ..Connecticut Politics Today =-.
Thank you very much, Aldon. After reading your comments about this topic, the more I am convinced that we, as bloggers, can do it within the bounds of professional blogging.
.-= EdZee´s last blog ..Protecting Blogs Against Content Theft =-.