Bloggers

Democrats To Embed State-Based Bloggers At Denver Convention

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, 2008 Elections, Democratic Convention Bloggers, Denver Convention, Bloggers, Democratic Convention, Politics News

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

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TSA Employees Think MacBook Air Is Security Threat

Valleywag | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloggers, Macbook, TSA Security Checkpoint, TSA Security, MacBook Air, Tsa, Business News

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...

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A Broad View of Journalism

Scott Gant | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

Read More: New Hampshire Journalists, Bloggers, Journalism, Media News
Scott Gant

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

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Who Blogs? (Maybe Not Who You Think)

Ann Handley | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Blogosphere, Blogosphere Demographic, Media, Ann Handley, Bloggers, Blogging, Political Blogging, Media News
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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Guerrilla Bloggers and the Old Elite

Erik Ringmar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, CNN Chez Pazienza, First Amendment, Citizen Journalism, Bloggers, Chez Pazienza, Democracy, Media, Capitalism, Journalism, Freedom of Speech, Media Elite, In Support of Erik Ringmar, Cnn, London School of Economics, Blogger Fired, Erik Ringmar, Blogging, Media News
Erik Ringmar

Last Tuesday, CNN fired a producer for American Morning for maintaining a blog. Yes, that's right. CNN, a leading news channel, sacked one of its journalists for exercising his First Amendment rights.

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New Rule: We Only Talk To Bloggers We Like

Michael Roston | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: State Departement, Justice Department, George W. Bush, Bloggers, Bloggers Roundatlbe, New Media, Michael Mukasey, Talking Points Memo, Media, Press, Defense Department, Politics News
Michael Roston

Try calling the White House press office sometime as a representative of an organ with ".com" in your name, and see if you'll get a call back.

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Carl Icahn, Blogger?

New York Times | Dealbook | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloggers, Billionaires, Icahn Report, Corporate Governance, Carl Icahn, Business News

For two decades, Carl C. Icahn has been among the most visible of rabble-rousing investors, garnering attention from the press for nearly every invest...

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Reading The Pictures: With All Due Respect To Cesca ... Make Love, Not War

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photos, Blogosphere, John McCain, Bloggers, Digby, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Atrios, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2008-02-01-shaw_clintonobama_debate.jpgI want to appreciate how truly unique this photo is -- how much it is fraternal, interracial, intergenerational, and bridges the gender divide.

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What Is A Blog? Turnout

James Boyce | Posted 01.31.2008 | Media

Read More: New Media, 2008, Bloggers, Blogs, Political Blogs, Blog Journalism, 2008 Presidential Election, Media News
James Boyce

This presidential cycle is about new media, new thinking, a new world and new opportunities.

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NYT Wants To Sell About.com. Any Takers?

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business

Read More: New York Times, UCompareHealthCare.Com, Pirmedia, Bloggers, ComsumerSearch, About.com, Business News

We're told that the New York Times has hired a banker to sell About.com, the ungainly portal it bought in 2005. We don't know who the banker is, we ha...

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Politics and the Internet -- We're Not There Yet

John Ridley | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Howard Dean, Joe Lieberman, Bloggers, Ned Lamont, Ron Paul, Politics News
John Ridley

Every election cycle we're promised that this will be when a new movement hoists some man of the people up over the rampart of machine politics and returns the power to the populace.

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Running For President, Not Party Chairman

Oliver Willis | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Election, 2008 Election, Bloggers, Barack Obama, Politics, George W. Bush, Politics News
Oliver Willis

If Obama is going to be pilloried as a betrayer of liberalism for simply acknowledging the tactical superiority of Reagan, then we're in for a rude awakening.

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Saudi Arabia Confirms Detention Of Blogger

AP | Posted 01.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Detention of Bloggers in Saudi Arabia, Bloggers, Saudi Arabia, Media News

Saudi authorities have detained a popular blogger for violating the kingdom's laws, a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. It was the first...

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Class Chasm

Susan Madrak | Posted 12.30.2007 | Media

Read More: Kristol, Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times, Dead Iraqis, Bloggers, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, William Kristol, Media News
Susan Madrak

The more I think about Kristol getting a column at the Times, the madder I get.

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Iowa Bloggers Flex Their Muscles

Ari Melber | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: The Nation, Iowa Caucuses, Daily Kos Newsweek, Bloggers, Daily Kos, Iowa Bloggers, Politics News
Ari Melber

Reporters from around the world will cover next week's Iowa caucuses, but they won't be the only ones explaining the arcane process that helps select our next president.

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Edward R. Murrow Would be a Blogger: How the Internet Revolution is Changing News, Politics & the Way We See the World

Huff Radio | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media

Read More: Bloggers, Arianna Huffington, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
Huff Radio

Arianna Huffington gave a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in June titled "Edward R. Murrow Would be a Blogger: How the Internet Revolution is Ch...

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What's Howard Kurtz's Agenda at the Wash. Post?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Bloggers, Media Criticism, Joe Klein, Fisa, Media, Michelle Malkin, Time Magazine, Cnn, Reliable Sources, Media Matters, Glenn Greenwald, Dailykos, washingtonpost.com, Washington Post, Media News, Salon, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Glenn Greenwald's recent take-down of Time's Joe Klein was a can't-miss media story that raged online for weeks, yet Kurtz at the Washington Post missed it.

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Citizen Journalists, Start Your Engines!

Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Oversight, Citizen Journalism, Journalism, Mainstream Media, MSM Flaws, Bloggers, House Oversight Committee, Msm, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, Politics News
Dan Froomkin

Few, if any, reporters show up for oversight hearings -- and those who do tend to leave early.

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Washington Post Cartoonist Mocks Own Paper Over Obama "Rumor" Story

Editor and Publisher | Greg Mitchel | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Washington Post, Obama Muslim, Cartoon, 2008 Election, Bloggers, Barack Obama, Politics News

Tom Toles, the Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post, has never been afraid to take on his own paper's coverage in the past (a...

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Elizabeth Edwards: Plugged Into Online Scene

Dean Barker | Posted 11.21.2007 | Home

Read More: Off the Bus, Edwards Campaign Bloggers, Bloggers, Elizabeth Edwards, Political Blogging, Elizabeth Edwards Bloggers, HuffPost's OffTheBus, Blogging and Democracy, Internet and Democracy, Net Neutrality, HuffPost's Off the Bus, Offthebus, Home News
Dean Barker

Elizabeth Edwards' reputation as a Net junkie is no joke. Her Internet knowledge, coupled with a winsome presence, trashed my long standing indifference to candidates' families.

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Come See Presidential Candidates Address Troops, Vets, Families

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.20.2007 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Troops, Republican Presidential Candidates, Bloggers, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Vetvoice, Votevets, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Home News
Jon Soltz

The burden of the current conflicts is borne by a very select minority, and very few people actually know someone who served.

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Going to Texas: Expanding our Netroots Nation

Gina Cooper | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Blogosphere, Netroots Nation Austin, Netroots Nation, Bloggers, BlogHer, Politics News
Gina Cooper

At Netroots Nation, we are doing our part to create a more progressive America. We need to raise the bar and we are thrilled to partner with BlogHer.

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One Post -Election Day Vote to Cast

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Weblog Awards, Military, Bloggers, Iraq Journalism, Army of Dude, Stories From Iraq, votevets.org, Reporting From Iraq, Iraq Blogs, Alex Horton, Media News
Jon Soltz

Alex Horton's blog, "Army of Dude," represents some of the very best writing on the internet by an Iraq veteran.

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Did a Mainstream Journalist 'Borrow' From a Mere Blogger?

Steve Anderson | Posted 11.04.2007 | Media

Read More: Plagiarism, Right-Wing Bloggers, Blogs, Bloggers, Media News
Steve Anderson

Our friend skippy tells us we may have a case of a Professional Writer™ who just may have, ahem, 'borrowed' from a blogger. Without attribution or credit.

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The Liberal Surrender

Dennis Perrin | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bloggers, Conservatives, Liberals, Politics News
Dennis Perrin

Today's liberals, many of them, anyway, cannot see a world beyond that of Global Corporate Order, which is why they'll continually serve one of the GCO's control mechanisms, the Democrats.

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