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  •  ...and unfiltered facts and information. (4.00 / 2)

    The corporate media and political elites are threatened by bloggers' distribution of facts and information, as well as by their unvetted analysis and opinion.

    by YellowDogBlue on Mon Jan 17, 2005 at 11:12:27 AM PDT

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    •  And that's why they are now (none / 0)

      on the attack.

      That's also why they were threatened by Howard Dean.

      Take heart.  They wouldn't be attacking us now if we weren't a threat, or at least a major bother to them.

      The fact that they are taking the trouble to attack us, shows that we're on their radar and they know, that if they want to continue to get their way unopposed, they have to get us out of their way.

      Folks, it was bound to come.  These are the opening shots in a war that the right wing and the aristocrats who own this country want.  

      My brother even noticed it a couple of months ago when the dialogue on FOX started to demonize the "liberals on the internet."

      I have a feeling this is may start getting real nasty and real ugly very soon.

      by Progressive on Mon Jan 17, 2005 at 04:36:13 PM PDT

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      •  It's a good sign (none / 0)

        They are afraid.  There are a lot of us with good connections and past performance who read and comment on these blogs.  Not everyone can be at Brookings or one of the few liberal think tanks like the International Economics Institute.  There is a lot of knowledge, experience and savvy on these blogs.  There's a lot of farfulue stuff too, which is to be expected in an open format.  But the bottom line is that these are the most democratic institutions we now have.  Open debate, and  open access to information and wisdom.

        They are afraid because they can't control this.  They can't scare people from reading blogs or commenting on them.

        The scare will come later, when they start tracking down people who comment, checking their tax status and traffic tickets.  It will come.  We are not far from the police state.  But in the mean time, work like hell to keep it from arriving.

        Knut

        by Knut Wicksell on Mon Jan 17, 2005 at 06:09:09 PM PDT

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