ABC’s People Of The Year: Bloggers
That’s right, it’s true.
To their credit, they note the contribution of blogs in firsthand reporting of the Tsunami disaster, but when it came to recognizing blogs and political coverage..
As a driving force in politics this year, bloggers covered the 2004 presidential campaigns and election. Political candidates also used them as valuable campaign tools.
“The Internet taught us, rather than the other way around,” said former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean.
This year, for the first time, bloggers were permitted to cover the national political conventions firsthand.
Howard Dean… After everything that has happened in 2004, they go back to Howard Dean as the face of political blogging for 2004? Are they nuts? Of course, Joe Trippi was interviewed, and cites the Trent Lott story, not the Dan Rather Memogate story as the big blogger moment of the year. But, if it wasn’t for Memogate I think it is safe to assume that ABC wouldn’t even have thought to name bloggers as “Person of The Year.”
All that side, I’d like to say mazel tov to all us bloggers, the Dean campaign may have put blogs on the map, but we’re the ones who all contributed to making them a landmark.
4 Responses to “ABC’s People Of The Year: Bloggers”
Hello, my name is Matt Margolis, the founder of Blogs For Bush, one of the most successful and popular blogs in 2004, during the presidential campaign.
Blogs For Bush was launched in November 2003 and ended in November 2007. This site is no longer active, but is being kept online as a reference for those interested in the 2004 campaign, and for bloggers wishing to start their own grassroots blog.
shalom, matthew.
Bloggers are ABC’s People of the Year
Dec. 30, 2004 ‚Äî A blog ‚Äî short for “web log” ‚Äî is an online personal journal that covers topics ranging from daily life to technology to culture to the arts. Blogs have made such an impact this year that…
Well said, Matt. Powerline’s exposure of Dan Rather’s dispicable act was the key evidence that blogging made a difference in this eleciton. I think we want to give Dean credit for first showing the power of internet politics (as I reported on http://republicancalls.blogspot.com/). But it was the conservative bloggers who made it all come together largely independent of direct political campaign efforts.
Well, I am just going to say it! It’s all Bush’s fault! All this economy recovery, pay raises for senator’s and congressmen, heck even DC the VP got a raise this year. The military pay raise, the cola increases, the housing boom, it’s all his fault. Tsunami’s, hurricanes, thunderstorms, the sun shining, cloud cover, green grass! How dare he! It’s all his fault. My pen ran out of ink, it’s his fault! And if he would have just gave up this year, bloggers would not be “persons of the year” W is the man we need to blame! But he still kicked J. Fairy Kerry’s butt! It’s all his fault.