Editing Atrios (section)

== Eschaton ==

Black's weblog ''Eschaton'' generally features short entries on a variety of topics ranging from [[policy]] commentary to breaking news and links. Posts are frequent&nbsp;— on the order of ten every day. The majority of posts are authored by Black (as ''Atrios''), but there are occasional guest bloggers. On June 29, 2005, Black described ''Eschaton'' as not a blog but an "Online Magazine of News, Commentary, and Editorial."<ref>{{cite news | title = Inside Politics | publisher = CNN | date = June 30, 2005 | url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/30/ip.01.html | accessdate = March 17, 2007}}</ref>  Following a similar announcement from ''The Talent Show'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/001896.html | date = June 29, 2005 | publisher = The Talent Show | accessdate = March 17, 2007 | title = The Talent Show is dead. Long live The Talent Show. | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070401192935/http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/001896.html | archivedate = April 1, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> this was a satirical reaction to [[Federal Election Commission]] hearings<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071101376.html | last = Faler | first = Brian | title = FEC Hears Bloggers' Bid to Share Media Exemption | newspaper = Washington Post | date = July 19, 2005 | accessdate = March 17, 2007}}</ref> on the [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]]. Black had previously expressed frustration<ref>{{cite web | url = http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_06_26_atrios_archive.html#112009292797146520 | date = June 29, 2005 | first = Duncan| last = Black | publisher = Eschaton | accessdate = March 17, 2007 | title = FEC Follies| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070407010119/http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_06_26_atrios_archive.html| archivedate= April 7, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> that the FEC might not apply the act's "media exemption" to blogs, which he regarded as equivalent to other forms of media including [[online magazine]]s.