The new media revolution
Jun 12, 2006
by Jeff Emanuel

Let me begin by making an admission: I am a blogger. I write here, for Townhall’s “C-Log” conservative web log, as well as for the University of Georgia College Republicans blog. Blogging is an extremely efficient way to rapidly disseminate information. In my view, the blogosphere is to other media what 24-hour news was to the old, twice-a-day network version—faster, more accessible, and more efficient.

A Georgia-based conservative-leaning political blog, the Peach Pundit, recently raised some interesting questions about the format and the practice of blogs, including staying power and ability to influence the outcome of elections. Naturally, conversation largely focused on the liberal blog Daily Kos, which is one of the most-viewed sites on the web. The Kos was founded by Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a far-left activist and consultant who has been extremely vocal about his desire to not only reshape the Democratic Party but to revolutionize media as a whole. As Peach Pundit’s Buzz Brockway put it, Kos and his followers, called the “Kos Kids,” have “set out to make his dream a reality by raising money and volunteering for candidates, and holding an annual Yearly Kos convention,” which will take place in Las Vegas in June. the rest