By Rebecca MacKinnon, 02/04/2005 - 10:42pm
It's pretty clear that the Right is light-years ahead of the Left (or the center) when it comes to blogstorm warfare tactics.
In case you haven't followed the emerging "Easongate" flap, CNN's Eason Jordan said some controversial things in Davos about U.S. troops targeting journalists. Right wing bloggers and pundits are calling for his head, Rathergate-style. Hugh Hewitt, who just came out with a book on the power of blogstorms, is leading the charge. (For more on the situation see this, this, this, and this, for starters.)
I've decided to track the spread of "Easongate" online. From now on everytime I come across an online news item or blog post about this, I'm going to tag it in del.icio.us, with "Easongate." If you'd like to help track the conversation please tag everything you come across with the same tag. (For more about how to use del.icio.us tags see this tutorial.)
So far, most of the activity is on the right-hand side of the political spectrum, with center and left blogs plus non-rightwing MSM (mainstream media) largely silent.