Power Line exposed

Garance Franke-Ruta, writing for the American Prospect about the role of bloggers in the Eason Jordan affair, exposes the blogosphere for what it is. We turn out not to be genuine “citizen-bloggers” at all. Instead we are people who care passionately about politics and who in some cases know, occasionally collaborate with, or have been inspired by other people who care so passionately about politics that they operate in the field professionally. Here’s what Franke-Ruta had to say about Power Line:

Power Line, another conservative blog deeply involved in the Rather controversy, helped push the Jordan story as well. Described by Time magazine as

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