Comments on: Still missing the point of political blogger power http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/ Where TV Finds the Future Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lucy http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-700452 lucy Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:20:35 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-700452 Wow, thanks for the excellent information! Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

]]> By: Jim Kearney http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-1611 Jim Kearney Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:06:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-1611 Bloggers have been most influential in cases like the Dan Rather scandal, when Powerline blogger Scott Johnson exposed the false documents CBS was using to make its case. Factual research, not commentary, is the blogosphere's journalistic strength. By the way, Barnes and Kondracke well understand bloggers contributions to the political process. They are regular guest on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. Hewitt, the author of "Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World" uses his show to move top blogger research into the mainstream. For example military blogs, with first hand war reports, frequently find a larger audience via Hewitt's radio show. Internet fundraising caught the attention of the major parties during 2003-4, but it came at a price. The major parties are realizing that web activists (as seen in the Dean and Lamont campaigns) over-represent fringe elements and have less appeal to the wider electorate. Old school voters value reasoned arguments from both parties, and The Beltway Boys offer representative thinking from the best that the liberal and conservative viewpoints have to offer. Bloggers have been most influential in cases like the Dan Rather scandal, when Powerline blogger Scott Johnson exposed the false documents CBS was using to make its case. Factual research, not commentary, is the blogosphere’s journalistic strength.

By the way, Barnes and Kondracke well understand bloggers contributions to the political process. They are regular guest on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. Hewitt, the author of “Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World” uses his show to move top blogger research into the mainstream. For example military blogs, with first hand war reports, frequently find a larger audience via Hewitt’s radio show.

Internet fundraising caught the attention of the major parties during 2003-4, but it came at a price. The major parties are realizing that web activists (as seen in the Dean and Lamont campaigns) over-represent fringe elements and have less appeal to the wider electorate.

Old school voters value reasoned arguments from both parties, and The Beltway Boys offer representative thinking from the best that the liberal and conservative viewpoints have to offer.

]]> By: Cory http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-1610 Cory Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:57:41 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/08/14/still-missing-the-point-of-political-blogger-power/#comment-1610 The "more and more people are going to get computers all the time" line is nearly as ridiculous as the "tubes" in Senator Stevens' head. The “more and more people are going to get computers all the time” line is nearly as ridiculous as the “tubes” in Senator Stevens’ head.

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