Blogging at the convention Commentary: Results of novel experiment prove mixed

CBS MarketWatch ^ | Last Update: 2:55 PM ET July 28, 2004 | John C. Dvorak

[shrinkermd]

When the Democrats issued credentials to between 30 and 50 bloggers and treated them to a special "breakfast for bloggers" at this week's Boston convention, you sensed something is changing in the media.

This change was confirmed by CNNs decision to review and discuss, on the air, what bloggers (those people who produce an online informational web log or "blog") have to say about the convention.

Democrats realized the power of the Internet with the Howard Dean campaign as they witnessed his overnight boost in the primaries thanks to the Internet and blogs. Now the party thinks it may be on to something, so here come the bloggers. CNN sees it as free material.

[shrinkermd]

The RATS are looking in all the wrong places.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? The dems should have realized the power of the internet after they tried to steal the election in Florida! Don Evans (now Commerce Secretary), went on the internet to their grassroots people and raised $3 mil in juat a couple of days .. IIRC

However .. this event is never mentioned .. and the dems pretend they are the ones who discovered the internet's ability to raise money.

[mrsmith]

Liberals hope bloggers will be the internet gatekeepers between information and the people- just like the old media.

Not everyone can wade through a place like FR for truth, but internet users who want their news filtered by a liberal can just get up and watch network news, or read a major newspaper.