“Bloggers subject to same rules as traditional journalists.” Seems a bit obvious doesn’t it? In writing a blog one should respect the laws of the land and not defame, lie, slander, slur, libel, slight, disparage or apply any other similar verb to the html page.
I suspect if you are sure of your ground vilification, disparagement and other general character assassination is ok but the risk is yours to take.
At this point I’m sure some of you are wondering where all this is going.