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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Score One for the Blogs
For those who believe that blogs come up with no original content -- that they merely repeat what's being covered by major news organizations -- Howie Kurtz reports that such a characterization is not true.
The conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned yesterday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.Blogs are becoming increasingly powerful force in the media/political realm in America. Even lesser known bloggers can sway the mainstream media on occasion. As long as blogs allow normal Americans to ensure coverage is fair and that politicians are doing their jobs, we shouldn't be too worried.
Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names. He has been under scrutiny since asking Bush how he could work with Senate Democratic leaders "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality." The information about Gannon was posted on the liberal sites Daily Kos, Atrios and World o' Crap.
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