In regards to the NYT story slamming DU

[Kelvin Mace]

I happen to know the reporter (John Schwartz) of this story and sent him a note asking about it.

While I can't go into specific details, the gist was that pieces were trimmed from it, which resulted in the current story appearing "lopsided".

The main thrust of the article, which seems to me now blunted, was that while you can find goofy/offensive people on both sides of the political spectrum, the blogsphere is, unlike MSM, self-correcting in real time. This was pointed out as the medium's strength.

I would like to add that certain "other" sites of a conservative slant
were also discussed and had their "less than laudible" comments quoted,
but alas...

That's all I can say about it publicly, except for the fact that the omission of the link to DU was an error and is being corrected.

David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org


edited for typos