August 4, 2007

Blogs and politics

Seven of the Democratic candidates for US president are expected to attend a political blogging convention in the city of Chicago. More than 1,500 bloggers and 250 journalists are registered to attend the YearlyKos gathering, now in its second year. US political bloggers have uncovered the main stream medias shoddy reporting on many subjects (Like the phony Bush national guard memos and the BBC's reprehensibly biased reporting from Lebanon) so yes, they can have a positive role. Once the public gets a look at the crazy vitriol coming out of the bloggers that the democrats are currently pandering to and are thoroughly repulsed, that will have been another positive effect on the political landscape, albeit an unintentional one.

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