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At Netroots, relations warming with Obama: The netroots are still pissed over Sen. Barack Obama's vote for the FISA capitulation compromise legislation, but relations are warming up again. At the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, bloggers were lining up to do their part for an Obama victory, the Washington Post reports. Said...; Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Netroot, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber: Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...; Tags: Unanswered questions, General; Blog posts 2007-05-07

Clinton hires a blogger: Links between Democrats and bloggers are getting stronger. A month after the Yearly Kos conference, where Demo bigwigs addressed and scraped to the netroot elite, Hillary Clinton has hired Salon blogger Peter Daou as a blogger-evangelist. His new job, he says, is "to facilitate and expand her relationship with the...; Tags: blogger; Blog posts 2006-06-29