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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 03:17 PM
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First things first... We need a drudge report for the dems...
If the media is going to use this guy for breaking stories, then we need to find a way to get our own breaking news site for the dems.

Any ideas?
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 03:21 PM
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1. I agree - we need to fight the faux and Rush and I just don't know if AAR
can do it.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:03 PM
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2. The Raw Story
www.rawstory.com

There are hundreds of liberal Drudge-like sites that are MUCH better than Drudge. The reason people go to his site is sentimentality or tradition, I think.
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rawstory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:17 PM
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12. Yeah guys, wake up. We've been hammering the trail for months.
Come visit; give us a chance.

http://rawstory.com
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:03 PM
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3. It's in the works
Stay tuned.
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:06 PM
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7. Great! So glad to hear this. Thanks, Will.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:18 PM
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13. No kidding?
That's great.

I'll take any glimmer of hope I can get right now. Seriously.

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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:04 PM
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4. Buzzflash?
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jjanpundt Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:05 PM
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5. Could it include
DU's Top 10 Conservative Idiots?
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Bush was AWOL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:05 PM
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6. Yes we do. And it must be someone
with serious contacts with DC insiders on both sides, the CIA, the FBI, etc.
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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:09 PM
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9. Exactly, it wouldn't work without insider information...
Drudge is obviously getting scoops, why can't we?
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Papa Donating Member (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:07 PM
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8. Yes. Contact Larry Flynt. We need to start piling on the dirt.
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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:11 PM
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10. dubyaD40.com is VERY good at what they do.
They seem a little pissed today though.

Their link: http://www.dubyaD40.com
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:15 PM
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11. Buzzflash.
I don't know if the guy that runs that wants to start getting a huge list of media contacts that can leak stories though.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 05:20 PM
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14. We need to make sure of one thing first.
Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 05:21 PM by Lex
.
This new website MUST BREAK a big story or two.

So maybe an Dem insider can allow that to happen somehow because dumbass Drudge does still get some cred because of the stupid monica story (even though that was a hundred years ago practically).

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Cinletharwi Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 06:45 PM
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15. How about a TRUTH Report?
This election made it clear that preaching to the choir is not enough.

We need a media in this country that is beyond smearing as partisan. Media should not have an angle, it should be beyond reproach for having any bias or angle. It's job is to inform the entire population of factual reality.

Fox, CNN, et al are successful only in the vacuum of TRUTH and Investigative Journalism that we find ourselves in.

The only reason the MSM uses Drudge is because his angle is compatible with their own; having a "liberal Drudge" is not going to get the MSM to listen to us.

It's against their best interests to listen to us and our votes, so they don't care. The only thing they care about is your money, so vote with your dollars.

Having a "liberal Drudge" is good for us on the internet so that we may have fast access to developments being whispered, but it will not win over Bush voters who are ignorant of their own best interests, as it will have no credibility in their eyes.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 12:45 PM
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16. Buzzflash
We already have it. It's my home page. I read it every day, and check it a couple of times a day.
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