Comments on: Why Do Liberal Blogs Have More Influence?

By: ascap_scab

ascap_scab — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:44:19 +0000

Perhaps “liberal” blogs have more “influence” (whatever that means) because they are more responsive to the “every” man. Virtually every lefty blog takes comments, even putting up with, and debating resident righty lurkers.

Too many conservative blogs won’t take comments for the simple reason they are a “noise machine.” They tell you what to think, no discussion, no analysis, no feedback. Too many righty bloggers regurgitate the daily talking points, offer up unsubstantiated opinion, and suck up so that “their” leaders might some day deliver on the bloggers narrow single issue raison d’ etre.

I guess that didn’t work out so well with Bush picking Harriet Miers.

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:10:41 +0000

Very interesting. Although I will say that I think many of the leftist radio programs (with the very glaring exception of Randi Rhodes) have good points, but they deliver them in the most caustic ways. Unfortunate indeed, but then again, when you make waves you attract viewers. It’s the blessing and curse of the media.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:09:26 +0000

Kos has a slightly more cynical take on hit, he reckons it’s just because Liberal blogs have proved much better at campaign fundraising than Conservative ones.

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:05:55 +0000

Blogs are a Che Guevarra sort of medium: they exist out in the hills where they live on rancid pork and frijoles refritos. The GOP has actual power, the Dems have dreams and resentments. And the GOP has talk radio to absorb the Right wing cranks, while the Left having no such mechanism generates excess crankitude which fuels the blogs.