Progressive bloggers featured at upcoming political conventions.
Progressive bloggers featured at upcoming political conventions.
Today, the New York Times highlights the hundreds of bloggers who will be attending next week’s Democratic convention in Denver. Not only will they be receiving national credentials — which members of the media also have access to — many bloggers will get coveted state blogger credentials to “cover the convention alongside its state delegation, with unlimited floor access.” A look at the blogger presence at next week’s events:
This year, both parties understand the need to have greater numbers of bloggers attend. While many Americans may watch only prime-time television broadcasts of the convention speeches, party officials also recognize the ability of bloggers to deliver minute-by-minute coverage of each day’s events to a niche online audience.
One perk that bloggers will have access to in Denver is the Big Tent, an 8,000-square-foot two-story structure adjacent to where the convention is being held. For a $100 entrance fee, 400 credentialed bloggers will be allowed to enter the air-conditioned space, hosted by a coalition of progressive blogs and organizations and sponsored by the Web sites Google and Digg, where they can eat meals and find work spaces with Wi-Fi.
Several members of ThinkProgress will be blogging from both the Democratic and Republican conventions in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for our coverage and let us know in the comments section if you’ll be there too.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm*Shakes fist at youngsters*
In support, of course. 8^P
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 pmI have to wonder how the Republican convention is going to treat bloggers — anyone not from redstate, that is. Are they going to put up a nice tent and provide access to the floor for progressive bloggers? I gotta guess NO.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pmThis is going to be fun. I would rather follow the convention on a blog than to watch it on TV. Or, maybe I’ll do both!
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pmAnd which blogger will ask President Bush about the change in leadership in Paraguay and how that impacts his family investment in that South American country. Huge tracts of land over one of the largest freshwater aquifers in the world. Paraguay’s new President won’t look favorably on privatizing the people’s resources.
After 61 years of right wing rule, Paraguay went center left. I bet Bush calls for regime change…
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm#6 I wonder how many of the cheney secret military will go to Paraguay to help them accomplish the take over of the new bush regime..Our tax dollers at work.?….Blessings
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pmSeveral members of ThinkProgress will be blogging from both the Democratic and Republican conventions in the coming weeks
Were those who were chosen to cover the GOP , picked based upon their ability to stifle their own laughter ?
I certainly hope so…………….
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pmLet’s hope the insensitive Matt Stoller stays home!
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:24 pmAnd we blogged, blogged, blogged until Daddy America took the Bush crime family away…
O/T:
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pmWhere am I, Cindy?
Why, John dear, you’re at home, of course…
Where am I, Cindy?
“… credentialed bloggers…..?”
What dat?
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 pmCan’t wait for the conventions, which will be immediate relief after weeks of olympics. I love following the events on multiple outlets. You get so much information.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pmHere’s a “terrorist fist-bump” for the bloggers. Now The Truth will have a fighting chance against the MSM.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 pmJimAK blabs: there is one huge advantage: KFC!
Figures, you stupid hick.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 pmZed Lefflin Says:
I assume the $100.00 entrance fee will be used to buy carbon offsets to cover the AC AND to cover the feed costs of the “free range chickens” used to feed the hungry bloggers.
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Actually, I read it’s being tossed into a fund to bail out the next GOOPer caught diddlin’ a kiddie…
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Actually, I read it’s being tossed into a fund to bail out the next GOOPer caught diddlin’ a kiddie…
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
OMG…
**snort**
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 pmI can hear Billo the Clown and Senator Glenn Beck McCarthy’s joyful glees now….
“What do you get when Nazi’s and Communists get together? No, it’s not World War II. It’s when the ultra progressive bloggers take over the Democratic Convention and bully their agendas onto the candidates that they own! Oh, did we also mention these people are as bad as the Ku Klux Klan?! Yeah, these people celebrate to hate!!!”
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm