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March 14, 2005

Idiocy in the details from Kos

Sometimes I wonder why I submit myself to reading the Cultist Blogs of the Left. Certainly I don't need the incentive to buy any more shares of Reynolds (got enough incentive during the election from the Bu$Hitler crowd). Sometimes they actually can pick a legit point but before the end of the sermon they'll work in the obligatory (and many times non-sequitor) slams against the infidel non-Leftists. Screw 'em Markos can't help himself today while making some good points about Frisco Supervisor Daly's addition of a blog on the SF website and the snarking about it from SF Chron. Kos rightly takes note

Daly has a running fued(sic) with the Chronicle. ... there is a deeper significance to Daly's blogging -- he's using the technology to get around the media filter to communicate directly with his constituents. No need to call a press conference, hope reporters show up, hope they write the story, and hope they don't editorialize or lose your original point in a quest for "balance".
Yes. That's the demonstrated power of the 'net and the ire it has raised in the MSM. People themselves can now bring attention to stories that are ignored or dismissed via political agenda. This has diminished the tremendous and abused power of MSM as "gatekeepers" of information. From Dan Rather to Eason Jordan to Trent Lott, stories buried or based on fraud have been exposed and found their legs in the blogsphere.

However, Screw'em can't help the cheapshot as he gives "advice" to Daly about blogging

Oh, and add comments to your blog. Only right-wingers are afraid of adding comments to their blogs.
So sez the Grand Mufti of the echo-chamber that bans any poster even mildly challenging the dogma. Yeah, Screw'em, tell me another.

Update - PS and I wasn't disappointed to find dKos and minions ignoring the anti-Syrian demonstrations in Lebanon. These guys are totally into cheerleading the destruction of Iraq.

Sometimes the "opposition" is really just "the other side."

Posted by Darleen at March 14, 2005 09:27 AM

Comments

I don't know why you read those blogs either. I certainly don't read Instapundit. Kos is running a partisan blog, and that dictates everything about what he posts on. If you're not interested in being a partisan Democrat, Kos is going to be annoying and uninteresting.

When I'm trying to figure out, "What would Democrats actually try to do if they had power?" I usually assume that it's whatever Matt Yglesias wants to do. If you're actually curious about what Democratic policymakers think, that's where you find out. If I were advising a Republican to read one Democratic blog, I'd say to ignore Kos and read that.

Posted by: Ethical Werewolf at March 15, 2005 10:17 AM