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A Pew study on the impact of blogging prior to the 2004 election is available for review. The full report is in pdf format here. The portion on Rathergate is interesting, starting on page 20, and getting good on 22 with "The Rathergate Bloggers as Political Smart Mobs," though I think that the report underplays the fierce resistance to the story by many liberal blogs. It also ignores the early expert analysis of Dr. Philip Bouffard (as well as other early professional testimony), focusing on Joseph Newcomber as the first relevant expert to analyze the documents.

Otherwise, a pretty good read on how blogs work in concert. Best line:

The middle of September, by contrast, was a perfect time for a reality show worthy of the name "CSI: CBS."

What a boring show - a bunch of bloggers in white coats waving blacklights over grainy copies of superscripts, shouting, "Eureka! Your ass is mine, Danny-boy!"

Posted by Bill at May 17, 2005 11:08 AM | TrackBack (0)

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Posted by: TallDave at May 17, 2005 12:37 PM

Posted by: TallDave at May 17, 2005 04:59 PM