Fox News suffers another debate snub; bloggers take a bow

Media Matters by Eric Boehlert | Aug. 12, 2008 (Opinion)

Bloggers deserve the credit because the pushback they initiated was something that members of the Democratic Party had, for years, refused to do. Instead, they adopted a go-along/get-along strategy with Fox News, hoping that if they were nice (and cooperative) with Fox News, then Fox News would be nice (and cooperative) in response.

Indeed, without the online campaign, do you think the head of the Democratic National Committee would have appeared ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Business, Media
Topics: Media and Politics, Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media Ownership, New Media
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Boehlert gives credit to the new media and bloggers for giving the backbone for Democrats to push back against the bias of Fox news that has made them an illegitimate imitater of a news channel. This provides an interesting viewpoint of a new dynamic in oversight of journalism.

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