Wha's all this leftist bloggers talk on TV?

[survivor999]

This afternoon I was channel surfing and everybody was blaming the leftist bloggers for everything bad going on in the world...

[bridgit]

1. all the more reason to keep it clean, keep it together...

the plan going forward will need to be air tight/water tight, tight enough nixon's ghost cannot slip through imo :patriot:

[dave123williams]

2. The MSM is terrified of blog influence.

Whomever controls the media, controls the society. Get it?

The media's ivory tower just got obviated, but they're not really going to mention that.

[tulsakatz]

7. they should be!!

They're certainly not doing their job of unbiased reporting! So yeah, they should be scared that, if they're not willing to do the job, someone else will!!

[deacon]

3. They like to dictate the tone and set the rules of engagement

a pompous useless media talking people down is all it is. to them it's bad when people talk and it isn't what they want them to talk about.

clueless airbrushed idiots they are....

[Ms. Clio]

4. first they ignore you

then they laugh at you

then they fight you

then you win.

that's why they are so very afraid.

[deacon]

5. also, it's avoiding the truth- being anti war does't make anyone

a left wing wacko. They hate it that they are being taken to task with reality no matter how hard they want to distort the truth.

[Trajan]

6. Its a Strawman .....

Pretending that a majority are 'leftist' nutcases somehow paints the picture they wish to portray ...

Funny thing is: lots of grandmas and grandpas out there voting progressive today .....

Hardly 'leftist bloggers', eh ? ...

My problem is: WHEN will our party leaders defend us ? ...

They are SO absent on the public scene .... they are weak ....

We need STRONG leaders defending liberalism because it is a VALID political philosophy .... decent wages, a clean environment, a strong DEFENSE, but no wild eyed offense ... Social Security, job training, public schooling ..... ALL have been successful: yet no one is out there saying this ....

Not even leftist bloggers ...

They are so wrapped up in war/antiwar issues: they have lost the big picture .... They havent defended liberalism for decades now ...... why ? ...

[radfringe]

8. bloggers challenge to "conventional" blather

Prior to the emergence of blogs, information, analyis, opinions and news was filtered through mainstream media (either tv/radio or print). It was pretty much limited to a small cadre of commentators, who all banged one side or the other of the same drum. ( and yes, there are the "mainstream" blogs out there - but it's more of the same drum banging by the same cadre on the tv/radio/print. )

but the independent bloggers are banging on a different drum. They are not caged in by the rules and conventions of a "news" corporation, and are therefore to free to speak their minds and offer their unfettered views.

this is a threat to controlling the message. Blogs and forums on the internet offer people a place to talk and discuss issues on a wider if not global dais. A few years ago discussions amongst people were limited to the water cooler, local bar or other small gathering places and the only "mainstream outlet" for voicing your opinion took place in a "Letter to the Editor" format or on a call-in radio show - where your letter/call would be screened before being published/aired.

now you are able to discuss issues with just about anyone anywhere. yeah there are "rules" to posting and some posts are deleted/banned - but it's a hellavalot more exposure to a wider range of views

Bloggers also keep stories alive and kicking much longer -this is forcing MSM to "keep up"

By refering to blogs as leftwing/rightwing - the MSM hopes to marginalize them and thereby reduce the influence and credibility. However, as people are hearing more and more about blogs/forums they are checking them out - it has the same effect when a book is banned somewhere, sales go up because people want to read it for themselves and decide whether or not they agree with the controversy. As for myself - I've bought banned books just because they were banned and wanted to make up my own mind about them, and if it weren't for the banning I probably never would have read them in the first place. The same applies to blogs - there are many I've checked out and made up my own mind whether or not to keep visiting/posting to them.


this is the threat to MSM - people are reading, they are talking, they are thinking, they are getting involved as opposed to being content to being spoon fed the "news"

[H2O Man]

9. Exactly.

It allows for grass-roots activists to coordinate efforts on the big stage.

[radfringe]

10. yup

but more importantly it opens up a whole new place to get information and different views... hehehe...the more you know..

I've turned a few people onto the DU and a few other places - they do not post (that I know of) - but they do read it and some have commented on why the MSM isn't covering this or that or gee, I didn't know that, why wasn't it on the news?

as far as grass-root organizations - yes it opens the big stage for them and allows their message to get out quicker and to a wider audience, whereas previously they had to depend on a hope and prayer that a local paper gave them a 2-inch blurb or a tv/radio news devoted a couple of minutes