"There's also a breaking down of traditional barriers at PubliCola. While Kaushik blogs about politics and media for the site, he makes his money as a political consultant, with clients including Mayor Greg Nickels and King County executive candidate Dow Constantine."

By 'traditional barriers' are you referring to those pesky old 'conflict of interest' concerns?

I would no more expect to see PubliCola give a fair appraisal of the candidates running against Kaushiks's paying clients than I'd expect Joni Balter to write a criticism of Ryan Blethem's recent promotion to editorial "stewardship" at the Seattle Times.

You don’t argue, or harm, your pay check.

"There's also a breaking down of traditional barriers at PubliCola. While Kaushik blogs about politics and media for the site, he makes his money as a political consultant, with clients including Mayor Greg Nickels and King County executive candidate Dow Constantine."

By 'traditional barriers' are you referring to those pesky old 'conflict of interest' concerns?

I would no more expect to see PubliCola give a fair appraisal of the candidates running against Kaushiks's paying clients than I'd expect Joni Balter to write a criticism of Ryan Blethem's recent promotion to editorial "stewardship" at the Seattle Times.
You don’t argue, or harm, your pay check.

Oops... sorry for dulication! It took so long to post I thought I did it wrong.