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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Not law but interesting - Political bloggers "selling out"

This today from the NY Times:

Over the past few years, bloggers have won millions of fans by speaking truth to power — even the powers in their own parties — and presenting a fresh, outsider perspective. They are the pamphleteers of the 21st century, revolutionary “citizen journalists” motivated by personal idealism and an unwavering confidence that they can reform American politics.

But this year, candidates across the country found plenty of outsiders ready and willing to move inside their campaigns. Candidates hired some bloggers to blog and paid others consulting fees for Internet strategy advice or more traditional campaign tasks like opposition research.

Thanks to Wisconsin law prof Ann Althouse, who begins her entry with: "A handy chart, showing who got money, how much they got, and the embarrassing ass-kissing quotes they dished up."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 3, 2006 11:01 AM
Posted to General News