July 11, 2005

Is this an editorial gaffe at Reuters or is it just they're clueless about blogs?
by Liza Sabater

National, World and Business News | Reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political groups preparing to battle over the first U.S. Supreme Court nomination in 11 years have a powerful new tool -- Internet blogs -- to spread information quickly and influence decision makers without relying on traditional media.

Web logs likely numbering in the dozens provide a way for the thoughtful and the passionate to publish their views. Politicians are taking notice as they prepare for the first high court nomination fight since the Internet became common in American households.

Can you see the gaffe?

There are more than 5 million blogs out there. There has to be more than "dozens" talking about the Supreme Court nominees, this blog included.

At the "Blogs and Politics" panel Reuters had back in April of this year, one of the issues that some of the senior editors came back to was : But how do you know which blogs to go to, how do you know what's good? I kept answering, by reading and using the research tools out there like Technorati, PubSub, BlogPulse, heck even the linkage going on del.icio.us should give them a clue.

They seemed horrified at the thought of being constantly on the prowl. Or maybe this is a new kind of "investigative reporting" they just don't want to know about.

Posted by Liza Sabater in Blogs, Journalism, Media, Sidelinks, Supreme Court
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