An Austin blogger was interviewed for a UT Journalism class about blogging and blogging in Austin. Here's a couple of clips that made me laugh:

I think that the Austin blogosphere has magnified the inadequacy of our local newspaper, the Austin American Statesman. With the breadth and depth of coverage provided by Austin Blogs, it’s glaring how much the Statesman misses, under reports, reports incorrectly, or reports with so much Left-leaning bias as to be laughable.

I think another aspect of uniqueness regarding the Austin blogosphere is the relative levels of civility between Bloggers on the Left and Right. You see much more intelligent and civil debate and disagreement between Austin blogs than you do in other cities. Austin bloggers, for the most part, conduct themselves as if they might actually run into each other at the local coffee shop or diner. And that’s probably because there’s a good chance that they will.