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Blogs have a negative effect on politics.

That's not to say that blogs are a bad thing, its just that as of now most people are using it spew out pure trash. Some level of ethics and standards in "reporting" is definitely a good thing. MSM is...

 Stand Taken 8/6/2008 11:03 PM

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Blogs have a negative effect on politics.

"If it appears in the mainstream media, it's bullshit; whereas if it's on the internet, it's the truth"

posted by MikeDApproved 5/30/2008 6:05 PM

Blogs have a negative effect on politics.

It's a Huxley-ian "sea of irrelevence"; there is so much garbage proliferating in the blogosphere that the average citizen is just as out of the loop as before. Those who are inclined to be more pol...

 Stand Taken 5/21/2008 12:25 AM

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Blogs have a negative effect on politics.

"They built up Howard Dean, devoured John Kerry and anointed themselves kingmakers and queenbreakers of the left and right. They weren't that."

posted by JZippApproved 3/2/2008 3:45 PM

Blogs have a negative effect on politics.

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posted by brianrApproved 2/28/2007 9:57 PM

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Stop The Smear

by Stop The Smear on 6/13/2008 9:14:33 AM

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Defending Truth, Not a Political Party

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