Blogs+and+Media

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 * Role of Blogs in Creating News**

Blogs play a massive role in todays news from twitter to livejournals, blogger, and even Perez Hilton.

The first blog was established in January 1995; //Carolyn's Diary// ran until 2002. The longest-running blog in existence today is Scripting News, established April 1997.


 * Dan Bentley:**

//Source 1:// Comic//, The Onion.//

//CNBC Cameraman Can’t Believe He’s Filming Another Blog Off A Computer Monitor//. Photograph. //The Onion//. 14 Nov. 2009. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. .



//Source 2:// April 30, 1997//:// first entry on Scripting News, currently the longest-running blog of all time.

Winer, Dave. "Wednesday, April 30, 1997." Web Log post. //Scripting News//. 30 Nov. 1997. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. [].

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//Source 3//: 270towin.com, which accurately predicted the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.

"Our 'Prediction'" Web Log post. //270ToWin//. 4 Nov. 2008. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. [].



We preface this by saying that we have no better idea how this will turn out than anyone reading this post. In addition, this is not an endorsement of either candidate. Everyone who is registered should get out and vote. (BTW, you can get a free **ice cream cone** and a free **Starbucks coffee** for voting. In terms of the Electoral College total, the last two elections have been somewhat of an anomaly in how close they were. If you look back at the **historical maps** you’ll see few elections with outcomes within 50 electoral votes. We’re thinking this election returns to that norm. We think the outcome, electorally, will be somewhere between Bill Clinton’s re-election victory over Bob Dole (379-159) and Ronald Reagan’s 1980 landslide victory (489-49) that ushered in the Republican revolution that has more-or-less dominated American politics for the last quarter century. Our map shows 393-145, with Obama winning most of the tossup states. Perhaps the biggest upset projection is for Georgia. It is a bit of a reach, but we think the nature of the population (big urban center plus lots of African-Americans) and a liberal early/absentee voting policy could yield this upset. More broadly, across the country, we think that the “group enthusiasm” created by the social network websites (e.g., Facebook) plus more early voting opportunities will shake off some of the traditional apathy of young voters, leading them to vote in record numbers. Their seems to be a solid preference for Obama in this group. We preface this by saying that we have no better idea how this will turn out than anyone reading this post. In addition, this is not an endorsement of either candidate. Everyone who is registered should get out and vote. (BTW, you can get a free **ice cream cone** and a free **Starbucks coffee** for voting. In terms of the Electoral College total, the last two elections have been somewhat of an anomaly in how close they were. If you look back at the **historical maps** you’ll see few elections with outcomes within 50 electoral votes. We’re thinking this election returns to that norm. We think the outcome, electorally, will be somewhere between Bill Clinton’s re-election victory over Bob Dole (379-159) and Ronald Reagan’s 1980 landslide victory (489-49) that ushered in the Republican revolution that has more-or-less dominated American politics for the last quarter century. Our map shows 393-145, with Obama winning most of the tossup states. Perhaps the biggest upset projection is for Georgia. It is a bit of a reach, but we think the nature of the population (big urban center plus lots of African-Americans) and a liberal early/absentee voting policy could yield this upset. More broadly, across the country, we think that the “group enthusiasm” created by the social network websites (e.g., Facebook) plus more early voting opportunities will shake off some of the traditional apathy of young voters, leading them to vote in record numbers. Their seems to be a solid preference for Obama in this group.

On March 14th an MLB trade rumor eurpted into the web. This trade between Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols, the two best power hitters in the game today turned out to be completely false without an ion of truth. This rumor come to be only because it was discussedon countless sports blogs around the web; being the main contributer to this false news.

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Chavez Strikes Back at Critics With His Own Blog Gray, Mara. "Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Strikes Back at Critics With His Own Blog - AOL News." //Top News and Analysis From AOL News//. AOL, 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. . …..“I'll be communicating with millions, and not just in Venezuela, but the whole world," he announced Sunday morning on his talk show, "Hello Presidente." Something had to be done. In the past year, Chavez's political opposition has filled the country's blogs with anti-government commentary and used social media sites like Twitter to organize against the government.

"The Internet is a trench in the struggle, because there's a conspiracy current building up," Chavez said. "It's as if they had a gun, a cannon."

In August 2009, Chavez dubbed Twitter a " new agent of terror " after a massive torrent of tweets under the tag " freemediaVE " criticized his government for censoring Venezuelan media.

And earlier this month, Chavez seemed to be at his wits' end with social media after a Venezuelan blog erroneously reported that a senior aide to the president had been assassinated. Chavez was so infuriated that he called for Internet controls.

"We have to act. We are going to ask the attorney general for help, because this is a crime ," he said on March 13. "I have information that this page periodically publishes stories calling for a coup d'etat. That cannot be permitted."

The new blog, however, represents a clear about-face for the president. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chavez will be blogging from the presidential palace in Miraflores, where he will write about new legislation and address his critics.

VIZU, comp. "Write Exceptionally Well." Chart. //Seomoz.org//. 7 Apr. 2009. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. .