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9 Responses to “Bloggers in the News:”

1. dragon says:

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   Glad to see these folks getting some attention. But there doesn’t seem much to back up crowley’s assertion that conservative blogs are more effective than left-wing blogs.

   December 11th, 2005 at 3:04 pm

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2. helpful says:

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   I dunno. I think Stoller had a point. This people plug right into fox news. Liberals are in a vaccum. We don’t have fox or drudge.

   December 11th, 2005 at 3:11 pm

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3. TerrytheTurtle says:

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   Well, perhaps they forgot talk much about Duke Cunningham. How influential was Josh with that story? Duke is going to the big house – that seems influential to me

   December 11th, 2005 at 4:32 pm

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4. KillCon 2006 says:

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   I dunno. I think Stoller had a point. This people plug right into fox news. Liberals are in a vaccum. We don’t have fox or drudge.

   Comment by helpful — December 11, 2005

   Are you just ill-informed or is it something else?

   Let me “help” you out.

   First of all, cable news is the backwater of the TV media. O’Reilly gets the lion’s share of viewers, about 2 million per show. Compare that to the 40 to 60 million viewers who watch network broadcast news on any given evening. Only the nutbar fringe watches Kill Bill O’Leilly, and a fair number of viewers are people who hate his guts and watch to call him on his bullshit. Now granted, there is no “liberal bias” in the media, not even at CBS, the NYTimes or the WaPo. They are all major corporations and I don’t know of any left-leaning media corporations, do you? But you grant Faux News a faux status it doesn’t merit.

   Now, as far as cable goes, the liberal blogosphere surpassed cable news in the critical 20 to 45 y.o. demographic back in June. And as far as the blogosphere goes…DailyKos alone is larger than the entire conservative blogosphere. We have a ways to go, but don’t underestimate the mood of the country because “the media”, including the non-existent “liberal media” gives you the impression this place country is decidedly “conservative”. It ain’t. Not the majority of the population. We as a population are far more moderate than Faux News. Turn off your TV. It’s all bullshit anyway.

   December 11th, 2005 at 4:34 pm

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5. KillCon 2006 says:

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   At least the TV News is bullshit. Watch movies and the Discovery channel. I like to watch the mammals do it like they do on the Discovery channel.

   December 11th, 2005 at 4:37 pm

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6. freedom is not free! says:

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   here is the problem. Right wing Christians(Whatever that is).

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7. The Liberal Avenger says:

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   Malkin shat all over the NYTimes article.

   December 11th, 2005 at 8:44 pm

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8. QQ says:

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   Oppressed groups succeed because life is tougher for them in the jungle, and they develop skills others never find the need to use. And people respond, “Well, good for them – life is tough. It’s tough in the jungle for everyone.”

   December 12th, 2005 at 10:35 am

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9. 下载 says:

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   This is good news and reflective of all the good work that so many groups are doing including the AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice, Wake Up Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Watch. It’s no doubt this is why Wal-Mart is advertising about how their employees (ooops, associates) love their jobs and benefits.

   December 12th, 2005 at 10:37 am

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