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	<title><![CDATA[Are Blogs Good For Democracy? A Debate Featuring The Yale Political Union]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/are-blogs-good-for-democr_n_132089.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Arianna Huffington recently spoke before the Yale Political Union at a debate around the question, "Resolved: Blogs Are Good For Democracy." While Arianna argued that blogs support democracy inasmuch as bloggers can challenge conventional wisdom &amp;mdash; a cornerstone of American democracy going as far back as Thomas Paine &amp;mdash; the students in the Yale Political Union engaged in a spirited debate about the role blogs and bloggers play in a democratic society. The resolution passed, 33-22.</p>

<p>In honor of that debate,...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-11-05T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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