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Jason Linkins

Scarborough Defames Bloggers Who Are Right On 'Surge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


For all of my ideological differences with the man, I've always appreciated the way MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has seemed to applaud and encourage people...

Palestine Bloggers On The Obama Tour And The New Yorker

Jillian York | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home


Jillian York

"We Palestinians and Arab Americans have to look at this race carefully... McCain is so dangerous for us and his ideas are so malicious. So, let's pick the less worse of the two: Let's endorse Obama."

Gore Proves Global Warming by Sweating Profusely, and Nine Other Things I Learned at the Netroots Nation/KKK Gathering

Katie Halper | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Katie Halper

Contrary to popular belief, bloggers do have a sense of humor. The Netroots Nation gift bags included condoms.

Arianna Discusses The Importance of Blogging on The Debut Episode of Meet The Bloggers

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.19.2008 | Media

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Robert Greenwald

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A Grim Fairy Tale: The Trolls Under the Bridge

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


Robert J. Elisberg

On the McCain's website, you'll be given all the information you need in order to be an official Troll for McCain ™. This includes what to say with "Talking Points," as well as Suggested "Blogs" to visit.

Watch the Premiere of Our First Live Show: Meet the Bloggers

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

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Robert Greenwald

2008-07-16-greenwald.jpg Beginning July 18, Meet the Bloggers will be a daring new show broadcast LIVE over the internet each Friday at 1PM ET. And the best part is this show is all yours.

Nader's Right About Online Delusion

Dennis Perrin | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

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Dennis Perrin

Reading the liblogs is like watching a character on TV watching TV -- the difference being that the TV actor knows that he or she is playing make-believe. Most libloggers have yet to reach such awareness.

LA Times Tells AP: Quit Hassling Bloggers

LA Times | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

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The Associated Press recently pulled a Metallica online, and no, that's not a good thing. Metallica, one of the most popular heavy-metal bands of all ...

Tomorrow's TIME Magazine: Are Bloggers 'Killing' Old Media in Campaign Coverage?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

James Poniewozik of TIME concludes, "Maybe we'll remember this election as the one when we stopped talking about 'the old media' and 'the new media' and, simply, met the press."

How Bloggers Went From "Media Darlings To Public Enemy No. 1"

AdAge | Simon Dumenco | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

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It's hard to imagine, but at the time there was something magical about the blogging moment. The best bloggers could become almost instantly beloved c...

Irrationality Theory on Iran Lacks in Evidence

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

There is no reason to see rhetoric against Israel and the U.S. as anything more than what it has been over the past thirty years: empty propaganda for domestic consumption.

Sports on TV Better with the Sound Off

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.28.2008 | Media

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Dave Hollander

Enough with the announcers; we'll take our own journey and become an informed and engaged sports viewership that doesn't need escalating audio-visual effects to enjoy what it's watching.

Minnesota Senate Race Shows Power Of Bloggers

New York Times | MONICA DAVEY | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

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On a laptop at a kitchen table in this cheery Twin Cities suburb, headlines ripping into Al Franken, the satirist whose campaign for the United States...

Bloggers Question DNC Credential Decisions

Colorado Confidential | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home

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Colorado Confidential

Questions shot around the blogosphere when five prominent state blogs were passed over for either lesser-known sites or, in one case, for a site that simply publishes press releases verbatim.

Newt Gingrich and Me: A Charged Moment at an Education Blogger Summit

Dan Brown | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

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Dan Brown

Gingrich's automatic dismissal of everyone currently within the struggling education system feels parallel to the disastrous de-Baathification process following the US invasion of Iraq.

Bob Costas Just Doesn't Get It

Sarah Schorno | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media

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Sarah Schorno

There has been constant and unfair criticism of sports bloggers. It's clear that the old school media guys are afraid of what they don't understand. And even worse, they don't try to.

Killing Sacred Cows Online

Andrew Daley | Posted 04.28.2008 | Business

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Andrew Daley

The cow is out of the barn and has been for some time, or should I say the consumer, and trust me, they're not going back in. Shut the doors and move online.

Jason Linkins

Village Voice Offers Field Guide To The Cartoon Denizens Of The Right-Wing Blogosphere

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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The Village Voice is offering their readers a field-guide to the leading lights on the righty side of the political blogosphere, in a feature brimming...

Attorneys Hold 'Know Your Rights' Training for Democratic Convention

Colorado Confidential | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

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Colorado Confidential

In response to news that Denver police have been stocking up on security equipment, local attorneys are training protesters in anticipation of clashes at the Democratic National Convention to be held there in August.

Iraqi Bloggers Consider McCain

Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Amira Al Hussaini

"Americans will vote for McCain. If they don't, it will amount to the same thing. They love a show of muscles. We will show you muscles. McCain will use al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda will eagerly oblige."

Death By Blogging: Writers Blog Till They Drop

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 04.06.2008 | Media

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They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece -- not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know...

Democrats To Embed State-Based Bloggers At Denver Convention

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Democrats will embed a single state-based political blogger with each delegation at its national convention later this summer, the latest sign of the ...

TSA Employees Think MacBook Air Is Security Threat

Valleywag | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business


Blogger Michael Nygard was flying to San Jose with his various digital accoutrements including his Blackberry and new MacBook Air when he ran into som...

A Broad View of Journalism

Scott Gant | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

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Scott Gant

The lines distinguishing "professional" journalists from other people who disseminate information to a wide audience have been blurred, perhaps beyond recognition.

Who Blogs? (Maybe Not Who You Think)

Ann Handley | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

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Ann Handley

A study released this week busts some myths, confirms some hunches, and generally sheds some light on just who blogs.


 

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