Seriously? They did? Is there a statement somewhere?
There was an ad that ran on our local radio for some cyber network or something, that bragged about the fact that the Obama convention was the most technologically advanced convention ever and included a statement from the Obama campaign (if not from Obama, himself) that stated that they had vetted 159 blogs to officially cover the Democrat convention and keep the world in touch throughout the campaign. Then Obama bragged that he could rally thousands of workers to help out in Louisiana if the hurricaine hit there, through the blogs and email addresses that his campaign had collected.
The ad continued to run through the beginning of the Republican convention. I have no idea if it is still running because I have been avoiding the local radio shows.