{"id":3069,"date":"2009-06-16T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2009-06-16T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T16:15:50","slug":"everyone-is-an-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/06\/16\/everyone-is-an-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone is an Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TBogg <a href=\"http:\/\/tbogg.firedoglake.com\/2009\/06\/15\/everyone-is-an-expert\/\">nails it<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/14\/world\/middleeast\/14iran.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">disputed election in Iran<\/a> and thousands of political bloggers who have never lived outside of the city in which they were born and who have absolutely no experience in Middle East affairs will now tell you what this all means, how this will impact the region, and what to expect by drawing upon their extensive background in World of Warcraft and a hardly used MCSE certification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TBogg nails it: There was a disputed election in Iran and thousands of political bloggers who have never lived outside of the city in which they were born and who have absolutely no experience in Middle East affairs will now tell you what this all means, how this will impact the region, and what to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TBogg nails it: There was a disputed election in Iran and thousands of political bloggers who have never lived outside of the city in which they were born and who have absolutely no experience in Middle East affairs will now tell you what this all means, how this will impact the region, and what to\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"politics,society\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/06\/16\/everyone-is-an-expert\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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