Political groups preparing to battle over the first U.S. Supreme Court
> nomination in 11 years have a powerful new tool -- Internet blogs --
> to spread information quickly and influence decision makers without
> relying on traditional media.
I question if blogs are really indeed such 'powerful tools'.
Web logs likely numbering in the dozens provide a way for the
> thoughtful and the passionate to publish their views.
Anyone can publish anything. But that isn't the point. What counts is who _reads_ those blogs. I really wonder if any _significant_ numbers of people actually read blogs.
I suspect blog readership is more "preaching to the choir", that is, those reading them have already made up their minds one way or another and already passionate about the issue.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well Lisa, I dunno. There are a large number of netters who read blogs these days, via services like RSS which we use here
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. Blogs are sort of like newspaper columnists, IMO. People read the ones they want and skip the ones they do not want. Some are more trustworthy than others. PAT]