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Arianna - the ultimate Net worker

The Huffington Post features prominently on Mahler's Prodigal Son. In just 2 years it is said to have become the leading blog in the US.

But who is Arianna Huffington? Some formidable woman by all accounts, as the Guardian Unlimited describes her in this interesting "portrait" of the blogger:

"She's the Blackberry-toting, Bush-baiting Queen of the Blogosphere who has made her two-year-old website the most potent force in American politics. Paul Harris links up with Arianna Huffington to discover what makes the ultimate Net worker click".

If you want to see Huffington's "work" in action take a load of this great put-down of Congressman Tom De Ley and his blog:

"First let me say, welcome to the blogosphere -- always nice to have a new voice in the mix. So good to know you have access to a computer in jail (oh, sorry, you dodged that bullet). And thanks for the link.

But since you're a newbie blogger, I want to give you a hand by pointing out some rookie mistakes your site made in its diatribe about me and the Huffington Post today."

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