The Power Of Bloggers

There is something to be said for bloggin' yall. I am an admitted addict. My posting to yahoogroups has drastically dropped because by the time I'm finished checking all of my favorited blogs and responding to the entries I am too pooped to putt... Let alone answer any more emails. There have been many instances where bloggers have altered the outcome/circumstances of various events. Case in point... do you guys remember the Exit Poll Situation during last years elections... Well the accusation is that bloggers took the exit poll information and called the potential election outcomes in error.

One blogger used data released by CNN about 8AM Nov 3 (yes, twelve hours after most polls closed the exit poll data was still changing.). This cut shows Bush leading Kerry 51% to 48% but for the heck of it our blogger decided to add up the state by state total and KERRY WINS! The blogger tries again adding male and female votes by state and KERRY WINS! Oops. With that type of logic it's no wonder the GOP is trying to ban all exit polls.

The most recent occurance of bloggers affecting the media is here It turns out this dude who has some shaky affiliations with sexually themed internet sites was hired as a reporter and was asking our President (shudder) questions that were not cleared by Playschool... LOL

I am a big fan of Google. I put everyone I know up in there to see what type content may be out on the web about them... What would I find if I Googled you? Well bloggers did some searching (Search Engines are a wonderful tool) and found all types of dirt on him and blasted him. In the end it resulted in his resigning from his post as reporter for the news rags that he was working for... didn't these folk do their research and know about his backgroud before offering a postion to this dude?