Would you like some hypocrisy with your Today show?

On yesterday's Today show, Heather Armstrong gave a short interview in which she defended (again) why she blogs in general and why she (occasionally) blogs about her daughter in particular. (In case you're not up to speed on the situation, I'll sum it up for you briefly: "mommy bloggers" have been in the news lately and have been catching a lot of flack for blogging about their children, as critics claim such bloggers are violating their children's right to privacy and putting their children in danger.) Heather's argument has always been that she finds blogging to be a wonderful creative outlet that puts her in touch with a larger community and, in the case of blogging about her daughter, makes her feel less alone to know that other mothers and parents struggle through the same problems. Furthermore, she argues, putting her child's photo on the web doesn't put their family in any more danger than walking down the sidewalk, since children often get kidnapped at random. (You can read her entire, much more articulate argument, here.)

But logical, well-reasoned arguments don't stand a chance against Kathie Lee Gifford, who during the interview declared that while she "doesn't know much about computers," blogging about one's children seems "dangerous." Ahem. I find it ironic that when women like Kathie Lee or Kelly Ripa or any number of other celebrities trot their kids out on national tv, it's just fine, but when women like Heather Armstrong and others post photos of their children on their blogs, it's somehow RECKLESS and DANGEROUS. What gives?

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