SwiftVets.com

[mascari]

This is excerpted from a great blog called Instapundit. Rock solid? Who knows, but fun to read


UPDATE: A frequent correspondent sends this:

Mr. Reynolds: In the (unlikely) event you decide to publish this e-mail on your blog, please don't use my name on this one occasion, as I'm divulging some information about a close personal relationship. Anyway, last night I was talking to a friend who is a hardcore liberal Democrat and is, in fact, a first cousin of a very well-known Democratic Senator. He was very upset about the Kerry-Swift Vet-Cambodia controversy. He blamed Kerry for the whole thing, saying he had set himself up for this problem by making Vietnam the centerpiece of his campaign. Two things struck me about this. First, this is a guy who gets all of his news from the biggies - the NYT, NPR, and CNN - and yet he knew all about the story. That means the Big Media filter isn't preventing the story from reaching people. Second, he had concluded that Kerry deserves the criticism and is lacking in credibility. This is a guy who, if there were any yes-but talking points in defense of Kerry, surely would have stuck to them. This says to me that if Big Media is in the tank for Kerry, they may actually have hurt him by not covering this story. They've abdicated coverage of a story that is negative to Kerry to the Blogosphere, thus resulting in more damage to their favored candidate than if they'd reported on the story, but with an eye toward knocking it down. They can pretend the story isn't there, but they can't make blogs go away.

Yeah, and they're damaging themselves as more and more people notice that they're ignoring it.

http://instapundit.com/archives/017170.php
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[Scott]

There's a reason why, when Instapundit links to a blog's post, the resulting hits are known as an "Instalanche"!


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Bye bye, Boston Straggler!

[cjg]

Glenn Reynolds is great, he always has the places you want to go posted
with a few remarks from him.

A terrific site, great and fair input. He always keeps his "cool"

http://www.instapundit.com/
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Swiftvets rock!

[pmc3rcc]

We do need the mainstream media .Too many people have never heard of a blog or a web forum.Those people vote and get their news the old way.
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Hold all media accountable,If you see or hear an untruth dont let it slide EMAIL them.let them know .When they figure out they are fooling noone and it goes to their credibility and enough people let them know.Maybe the slant wont be at such an angle.

[Scott]

You're right, pmc3rcc,

That's why it's important that the Swiftvets' message stay in the blogosphere, Fox News and the occassional editorial page.

Eventually, the likes of the Washington Post will have to wake up and start reporting on this.

Just don't expect them to get it right the first four or five times...
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Bye bye, Boston Straggler!

[Cowboy]

Not enough people read blogs yet to enable everyone to ignore the mainstream media. If blogs did have the kind of power that the mainstream media wields, Kerry would already be getting asked some very uncomfortable questions by bloggers/reporters now. Instead, the present press corp has largely ignored or dismissed the issues raised by the swiftees.

When bloggers have sufficient access to major political candidates to get their questions asked of the candidates, you'll know the blogosphere has arrived. For now, ABC, CBS, CNN, NYT, LA Times, and the Washington Post et al. are the media kings and have the most power when it comes to swaying the electorate.