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Entelliblog » Blog Archive » Senator Wants to Block Tubes — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:37:27 +0000

[...] Blogs as Paragons of Intellectual VirtueOutside Beltway - While we seldom agree on politics, Chris Bowers is one of the more thoughtful essayists and shrewdest analysts on the blogosphere out there. Sometimes, though, he swings and misses. Case in point: By speaking directly to the members of the electorate [...]

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:27:18 +0000

Yeah, his analysis is just plain weird. I pretty much only read blogs that aim at some moderate politics, not because I think centrism is all that great, but because it's harder to be intellectually dishonest.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:52:03 +0000

I think that he meant that thhe audience for blogs was a different froup of people than thhe audience for faux outrage noise machinne attacks via TV and thhe radio. I think that's right. I just think that, for the most part, he's wrong. Just as there are civilized discussions taking place on some talk radio and television shows, that's happening on the blogs. A whole lot of both, though, are all about the red meat. You think Bowers eschews “gotcha” and faux outrage? Relatively speaking, yes. He's generally quite analytical. And I think his occasional outrage is genuine.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:46:05 +0000

You think Bowers eschews “gotcha” and faux outrage?

You're kidding, I must assume.

By: lily

lily — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:50:28 +0000

I think that he meant that thhe audience for blogs was a different froup of people than thhe audience for faux outrage noise machinne attacks via TV and thhe radio.

By: John Norris Brown

John Norris Brown — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:23:06 +0000

That's a shame. I usually find the hotbeds of outrage to be annoying, even when I agree with the author's basic points. But I'm in the minority, I guess.