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December 11, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
An Unimpressive Read On Blogs
The New York Times Magazine piece on the political power of blogs is out, and the reviews from conservative bloggers are in. They are not flattering, either.
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit proclaimed the article "much ado about not much." "It's about 200-300 words, quoting only 'liberal activist Matt Stoller' and (indirectly) other unnamed Democrats, about the message discipline of Republicans," Reynolds wrote. "OK. Whatever."
Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters said the article's author, Michael Crowley, "should sue [Editor & Publisher] for lifting his entire 283-word article for their 360-word description of it. Crowley offers no support, no research, not even a hyperlink to the two bloggers he mentions in his threadbare blurb. ... If any one article proved how out of touch the Exempt Media truly is regarding the blogosphere, Crowley's is it. And if E&P wanted to demonstrate that its reputation for news analysis is vastly overblown, they've managed to do it here."
Michelle Malkin headlined her analysis of Crowley's piece "Candidate For Dumbest NYTimes Piece Ever," adding that it was "one of most insipid, shallow and uninformed wastes of space" ever in the newspaper. She echoed some of the same points Stephen Bainbridge made at Professor Bainbridge after he had seen only the E&P summary.
"Anyone who swallows the idea that conservative bloggers are an organized arm of the Republican machine who are easily mobilized at the command of [White House adviser] Karl Rove does not read conservative blogs -- and should not be paid by the NYTimes or anyone else to write about them."
Stoller, who posted an entry at MyDD on Friday after liberal bloggers started reacting to the E&P analysis, invited complaints about his comments to Crowley in a follow-up blurb. But as of late tonight, no MyDD readers had done so.
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