Tag: politics
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Blogging the vote count / election fraud story
in Freeing the facts, California Insider Dan Weintraub writes: This NY Times piece on the role of blogs in fanning, and then debunking, stories of fraud in the presidential vote carries at least a mildly handwringing tone, as if somehow this turn of events was unfortunate. I disagree.
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Blogging the election
As if I didn’t already have enough places to post blog entries, I’ve recently become a contributing editor at Personal Democracy Forum where the staff is furiously blogging the election all day, particularly looking for technology related angles. We’ll be watching the buzz, the pollwatchers, the chatter coming from social media centers, and any other…
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Chilling effects
A letter from a city councilmember running for mayor of LA to an anonymous blogger (4th Floor Blog) has convinced her to shut down her blog (via Martini Republic and LA Observed). Here’s part of the letter: I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your comments, no matter how misguided and totally out of focus…
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What to include in your blog
At Watermark, Sharon Brogan notices that some bloggers are pointedly eschewing politics i nthe runup to the election, and she asks her readers for guidance on whether they prefer a blog that focuses on some core areas of knowledge or one that ranges over a wide variety of topics, including political punditry. It’s a great…
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Swift blog veterans for spam
At meta-roj blog, roj has done a good job of tracking down the Swift Vet’s blog-spam tactics: meta-roj blog: BLOGSPAMMER ID: Swift Boat Veterans For Truth In other news, been kind of quiet around here lately…. My energy has been going into The Power of Many and most of my other contributors (besides the indefatigable…
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Chris Bowers at MyDD on the 'top-down' right-wing blogosphere
Interesting comparison of the “less-sticky” right wing of the political blogosphere: MyDD :: Top-Down Right-Wing Blogosphere Growing Powerful