The general modus operandi here at Daily Kos and other blogs is universal nearly.
There are a lot of us who spend a lot of time reading various sources of news and then picking an article that particularly outrages us. We post said article and then vent or try to add some particular spin or insight to augment it.
I know that a lot of the big time bloggers (like Markos, I'm sure) are in and around DC and other places that allows them insight into what is going on where the rubber meets the road and can directly report on the friction there.
I'm curious though, has anyone put forth the idea of starting something like a bloggers/reporters ring? I'm not talking about linking to other blogs. That's all well and good. I'm talking about getting a bunch of bloggers together and starting a real journalistic endeavour. People whose life is politics but who aren't really in office.
We're always complaining about the slant of FOX and the SCLM and the egregious misrepresentation of facts on the part of hundreds of journalists. I think that it would be interesting for bloggers to go legit and actually start reporting on the facts like maverick reporters. Have bloggers out there digging into the stories and blowing the lid off when all the major networks play along.
I know there are underground news alternatives and outlets like Democracy Now and things like Free Speech TV but I think they are also slanted and prone to misrepresent.
We need reporting that is willing to forego as much bias as possible and really report and it seems bloggers are willing to say the truth.
I know that I may sound a little Pollyanna here or perhaps may not know about something like this so try not to rip me a new one. Ok?
And if this is, by some miracle something totally new and un-realized in any way, let me just go ahead and copyright that to MemphisBryan 2004.