Monday, January 23, 2006
Bloggers and Their Political Muscle
Daniel Glover has done an impressive package of stories about the political impact of blogging over at the
National Journal.
The basic premise is that blogs covering politics have evolved from
musings of the pajama-clad set to commentary that's now having a
serious impact.
In his
main story, Glover suggests a link between the failure of President
George W. Bush's
Social Security reform effort and the bloggers who effectively
influenced public and politicians' opinions against it. The torpedoing
of
Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination likewise had bloggers playing a role, he writes.
On interesting point that Glover makes is that mainstream media is
beginning to amplify bloggers' influence. For example, sites like
WashingtonPost.com now add blog-search-engine
Technorati links to bloggers' discussion of
Washington Post stories. (See an example on
this story; look for the "Who's Blogging" box.) One blogger calls that a sure-fire way to get his opinion out to the
Post's online audience -- versus lesser odds of getting a letter to the editor published.
Glover also has a
list of members of Congress who blog (small, but growing), and he's
posted some raw interviews done for the blogging package.
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