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Posted on 09/10/2004 5:28:18 PM PDT by kcinnh
Forget the political conventions.
When history books are written, bloggers' real contribution to the 2004 election may well turn out to be in providing leagues of amateur sleuths to fact-check political controversy.
For the last 24 hours, the Internet has been abuzz with bloggers' claims that the memos about President Bush's time in the National Air Guard publicized by CBS were actually a hoax. Keepers of online journals around the country have been analyzing the memos in excruciating detail, comparing the notes' typography to the technical specifications of early 1970s typewriters.
The result? It's too early to say whether the bloggers calling "hoax" have won the day. But they have certainly helped drive questions about the veracity of CBS's "60 Minutes II" report on Wednesday night to the highest levels of the major media, and in so doing have helped shape what could be one of the most explosive--or simply weirdest--stories of the political season.
"Blogs have been characterized as places where people just go to mouth off, but what this brings out is the ability of blogs to actually help report a story," said Paul Grabowitz, professor of new media at the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.zdnet.com ...
Whooo-rahhh!!!
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Good job!
But according to teh Ex-CBS news guy just on Fox with Tony Snow youcan't trust teh internet only teh esrtabished media that"sources" with "multi-layers". Yeah right, someone needs to slap this elitist lying S.O.B.
CBS is sticking to their lie. CBS Exectutive says that "Bloggers in their pajamas in front of their computers are highly questionable, but 60 Minutes is "pristine".
Hey, I wear a robe, I am I still a blogger?
The party's over, RAT-finks fed forgeries to a willing media. CBS is now officially a 527 for Kerry.
Pinko-pravda doesn't fly in America!
Glad to see the "right" hand not the "left" on the high five!!
The major media have lost control of the flow of information. No wonder they never miss an opportunity to denigrate blogs. Shchadenfraude!
Gotta se this.
How did they know what I was wearing!?! I knew those guys had bugs implanted in computers at the factory. I gotta shutdown and do a sweep for listening devices.
Honey! You know that really big roll of tinfoil I have in the gargage? Yeah, that's the one. Start covering the windows...no, better cover the whole house. And get me some clothes.
Ha...no robe here, but I do have my slippers on.
The DUmmies are going on and on about how credible CBS is.
Paraphrasing, "One thing I've always admired about CBS is how they check their facts." "CBS has the most integrity when it comes to getting a story right." "A major media outlet like CBS wouldn't dream of airing a story unless it's been checked once, twice, and three times to make sure it's correct."
Yeah, right, DU. What a bunch of shills.
I get a mental image of Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd in Imus' studio mentally stroking each other with their self importance.
So they showered and shaved. Big Deal.
If that is all it takes to be a 'journalist', why don't they just hire models? Though some do..
Facts are the same no matter if recited in nightly news or from a personal computer.
Seems slamming politicians is no longer enough. Now they are aiming their character assassination tactics against private citizens. Yes, that is going to go over soooo well.
Not that it matters, but I'd swear that's a left hand. LOL
Do those clowns now consider NPR part of the VRWC since they did a story about the forgery angle?
I felt the same way.
He was insufferably smug, with no reason to be so. To borrow from Gilbert and Sullivan (with apologies):
"Ah, Jack, you've no idea what an exalted opinion I have of meself.
"And how little I deserve it."
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