JOURNALIST OR ACTIVIST? I think the difference between Kos and some other people with press cards is mostly that he admits he’s taking a side.

UPDATE: Reader Dave Gudeman thinks I’m wrong here:

Kos doesn’t just admit that he’s partisan, he is also a professional organizer, fundraiser, and promoter for the Democratic party. That ought to disqualify him from carrying a press pass at any function that relates directly to the party. This is like having a top manager for a corporation wear a press pass at the corporation’s annual shareholder’s meeting. It’s dishonest.

I suspect that Jim Geraghty disagrees, too, though he correctly notes that it’s mostly an intra-Democratic Party question in this context.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Doc Searls says we’ll see more of this sort of thing. Prof. Bainbridge is unconvinced that there’s an issue here. And Ed Batista is retreating from his earlier comparison of Kos with U2. I don’t think there’s any danger of Kos turning into Bon Jovi, though.

And Bainbridge has some tough questions for the more traditional media.