Blogosphere

Blogging in Iran: A Dangerous Prospect

Jillian York | Posted 01.21.2009 | World


Jillian York

Blogging, the last bastion for speaking one's mind in Iran, is becoming a dangerous prospect.

Bail Out Investigative Journalists

Rob Kall | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

Investigative journalism is at risk. And investigative reporting is not something that can be outsourced or depend upon other countries' workers to do properly.

Why Every Snarky Blogger Should Thank Don Rickles (and What They Still Have to Learn from Him)

John Mayer | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment


John Mayer

Snarky gossip bloggers, take heed: you will never have a better knack for cutting people down than Don Rickles does, and you owe much of your success to the groundwork laid by him.

Report No Evil

Ami Horowitz | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


Ami Horowitz

Portfolio's attempt to paint my film as something it is not by using political titillation and creating divisions where none exist is certainly not the way to steal back relevancy from the blogosphere.

Top 10 Ways Team Obama Should Use Web Video & MultiMedia

Dan Manatt | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Dan Manatt

The technological transformation of the presidency -- and its use of technology to make the executive branch more responsive, interactive, and transparent -- can, from day one, be the first great achievement and legacy of the Obama presidency.

Elephant in the Room: When Will the GOP Join the Blogosphere?

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney

Liberals may be ecstatic about the influence the blogosphere has had on the election results, but thoughtful citizens should have reservations about the absence of conservative dialogue.

Conservative Blogosphere Coming To Terms With Obama Win

NBC 5 | Steve Rhodes | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


The Illinois Review, which bills itself as the "crossroads of the conservative community" and is probably the best-known politically conservative web ...

Barack Obama Is Smarter Than Us

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The Obama campaign did not leak, and they did not squabble amongst themselves in public -- right there, two astounding feats that no other candidate in the race could manage.

The Morning-After Blues

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living


Darryle Pollack

The countdown to November 4 is torturous. Everyone is worried. Everyone is losing sleep. For some people, the election can't come soon enough. But for me, I wish it would never end.

Internet Users More Mobile, Curious And Able To Unite Against Religious Right

Brian Ross | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

Obama might become the first president in U.S. history to be able to get real participation from the people by harnessing the web to weave new coalitions and bring people together to solve problems.

The Culture War Option For The Palin Convention

Jay Rosen | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

McCain's convention gambit is now a culture war strategy. It depends for its execution on conflict with journalists and bloggers and on confusion between and among the press, the blogosphere, and the Democratic party.

Say It Ain't So, John -- Why Progressives Need To Get Out In Front Of The John Edwards Affair Rumors

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media


Lee Stranahan

It seems to me that this is going to be a tsunami-sized scandal for the Democratic Party and right now the coming typhoon of press coverage is close to breaking.

Palestinian Bloggers Rail In The Wake Of Obama Visit

Jillian York | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home


Jillian York

"Let us not forget that Obama was the one strong enough to speak out against the violence perpetrated on the Palestinian people. Where is that leader now? Will he return once elected?"

Palestine Bloggers On The Obama Tour And The New Yorker

Jillian York | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home


Jillian York

"We Palestinians and Arab Americans have to look at this race carefully... McCain is so dangerous for us and his ideas are so malicious. So, let's pick the less worse of the two: Let's endorse Obama."

Arianna Discusses The Importance of Blogging on The Debut Episode of Meet The Bloggers

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.27.2008 | Media


Robert Greenwald

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A Call to Heroes: My "Sit-Down" With Vince Bugliosi

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media


Linda Milazzo

Coming from Vincent Bugliosi, a man who has proven time and again that he has no fear, his threat it one that George Bush should take seriously. Vince will not back down.

Oh My Blog: What's The Big Deal About "New Media" Influence?

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.22.2008 | Media


Richard Laermer

Sometimes blogs elevate the dialogue, sometimes they're clutter. The nature of the blog itself is that there is no nature. It's like the Bush Administration's risible War on Terrorism: terrorism is not warring with us.

Target To Bloggers: You're Irrelevant

New York Times | MIchael Barabaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Target to the blogosphere: you're irrelevant. That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYou...

MoveOn Snags Editor From The Onion

Examiner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Lots of people on the right think that the liberal group MoveOn.org is a joke. Well, now they'll have a bit more ammo in their argument. The powerful...

Blog-Based Media Poised To Explode

San Francisco Chronicle | Sam Zuckerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In 2005, when Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Arrington started TechCrunch, his popular blog on Internet startups, he saw it mainly as a chance to...