The addition of a new BBC journalist blog, as mentioned the other day, is a good thing. Nick Robinson‘s insights are a genuinely fantastic addition to the news environment, and whilst Newsnight is usually a bit beyond my bedtime, I’m sure Paul Mason will make a similarly valuable contribution.
But – at the same time, I notice they’ve switched the RSS feeds from ‘full text’ to just ‘summary’. It’s always a tricky decision, and my instinct has always been to favour summary feeds myself – otherwise you don’t get to see how many people are actually reading your stuff. Yet I’m looking at Nick Robinson’s summary-only feed, and I can’t help feeling it’s a backward step. I’m not sure I’ll always be bothered to make that extra click. (Sad but true.)