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New Media and The Next Election

November 27, 2012 By markbernstein

We've all read about the importance of databases and cell phones, email and text messaging to the Obama and Warren campaigns of 2012. The success of VAN and Narwhal and campaign media outreach were vital. But the next election will come; we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016, blogs, media, new-media, technology, web, websites

Bloggers and FOIA

April 14, 2011 By tedf

Hi, BMG! I haven't been posting much here recently, as my new blogging project has taken up the time I have to devote to the blogosphere. Those of you who have your own blogs might be interested in my recent FOIA experience. I submitted a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blogs, foia, media

SoapBlox Hack a Wake-Up

January 16, 2009 By massmarrier

The MLK Day New Yorker has a long note on the SoapBlox hack that briefly brought down BMG and a host of other lefty bloggers for up to a couple of days.  Staff writer Jeffrey Toobin doesn't mention this blog, but does cover the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blogs, bmg, hacker, new-yorker, paul-preston, soapblox, toobin

Regaining focus

September 7, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

People generally elect Democrats for certain reasons, and Republicans for different reasons. Very generally, if you prioritize protections from certain excesses of the free market, you vote Democratic; if you prioritize less government and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, blogs, bmg, navel-gazing

The Dude Can Ride

September 2, 2008 By syphax

OK, here's a small item that doesn't have the word 'Palin' in it (by the way, did you know that Sarah Palin is your new Segway?). So, apparently Senator John Kerry can ride a bike.  Well enough to impress an apolitical former bike … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blogs, cycling, denver, kerry

Are newspapers doomed?

August 28, 2008 By ACLUm blog

And no one really seems to know what to do about it.  Over the last year, I've had the chance to go to a couple of panel discussions about the future of the news business, and the dominant themes seemed to be:People don't want to read … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, blogs, civil-liberties, election, media, newspapers

Associated Pric – I Mean Press

June 17, 2008 By Ryan

The AP's clamping down on writers using AP content on their blogs. Well, "clamping down" is putting it conservatively, I'd go as far as to say they're trying to stop  blog quoting altogether. Basically, they're trying to bully blogs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ap, blogging, blogosphere, blogs, journalism, media, national

Chosen fables

May 8, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Jay Tea at Wizbang has prompted me finally to do something I should have done a week-and-a-half ago -- to thank Wavemaker (former state rep Peter Morin) for having EaBoClipper, Jay Tea and myself to talk to his blogging/politics class at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blogosphere, blogs, jamil-hussein, michelle-malkin, navel-gazing, wizbang

What are we supposed to do?

October 24, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

It's all terribly self-indulgent navel-gazing, but I suspect that a lot of us may be able to relate to this article explaining to Tom Friedman why young folks these days don't go out and protest and change the world, like they all did in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, blogs, navel-gazing

Is it me, for a moment?

June 19, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

I wish. And it's not any of these poseurs, either.I have now seen the real Digby, though -- the mystery is solved, now I can die in peace. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blogs, digby, navel-gazing, random, tba2007

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