Posted on 06/10/2005 2:37:32 PM PDT by smokeman
1600 READING [Rod Dreher]
We had White House communications director Dan Bartlett in today for an editorial board meeting. I asked him if blogs fit into the WH's communications strategy. He said he has people on his staff whose full-time job is to monitor the blogs to keep up with what's going on. I asked him what the most important blogs to read, from the White House's point of view, are. He said that in terms of what influences the mindset of the Washington media, Kausfiles, the Slate daily roundup of the papers, and Andrew Sullivan were crucial ones to keep up with. In terms of staying abreast of what's happening with the conservative base, the White House makes sure to read The Corner (of course), Instapundit, and Powerline.
I also asked him if the president reads blogs. Answer: "No."
Posted at 05:30 PM
They won't admit it..........
Freerepublic doesn't count as a "Blog" does it?
Uhm... Free Republic isn't a blog.
"Andrew Sullivan"
Huh?? No wonder they seem out of touch w/conservatives lately. They definetly need to do some lurking on FR.
Nope .. and Andy Card has already said, "we love you guys".
We are not a blog.
" terms of staying abreast of what's happening with the conservative base,"
With the foolish crap Bush has pulled is there any reason to believe he cares about a conservative base?
They read FR, it's just not a blog.
"this is an open forum, with plenty of fodder for the MSM"
That's true... you know if the white house admitted to reading FR, the MSM would tie every inappropriate comment and try to link it to the whitehouse.
Free Reblogic
There, now it is.
No, not technically, but FR does have some things in common with a "blog". How would you classify FR?
I have it on good authority that people in key places in the White House DO read FreeRepublic.
A political forum.
Oh, boo hoo. I'm so darned discouraged.
I'm pretty sure the term the owner uses is bulletin board or electronic bulletin board.
Doesn't matter. If they hinted they read FR, the lib media would go into hysterics. So the WH just *says* they don't look at FR. In truth, they're lying.
Trust me........ FR is monitored many times a day at the WH. Especially during the Clinton admin and W had to have people monitoring us and the Swifties during the election.
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