Score a big one for the bloggers.

Bowser — 9/20/2004 11:08:08 PM (archived)

The Bloggers' Moment
Monday, Sep 20, 2004; 8:15 AM

Scott Johnson, a lawyer in Mendota Heights, Minn., put up his first post at 7:51 a.m. on Sept. 9. By the time he got to his Minneapolis office, he had dozens of e-mail responses.

One of them was from Charles Johnson, a Web designer in Los Angeles, who promptly posted his own thoughts on the subject.

Scott, 53, writes for a Web site called Powerline. Charles, 51, posts on Little Green Footballs. They were among the bloggers who blew the cyberwhistle by charging that the documents used by "60 Minutes" in its report on President Bush's National Guard service appeared bogus.

It was like throwing a match on kerosene-soaked wood. The ensuing blaze ripped through the media establishment as previously obscure bloggers managed to put the network of Murrow and Cronkite firmly on the defensive.

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Score a big one for the bloggers. - Bowser - 9/20/2004 11:08:08 PM
- Makes me wonder if DNCBS has been operating like this all along - Larry J - 9/21/2004 12:44:09 AM
  - re: In Rather's defense...He probably just mispoke - Scott Evil - 9/21/2004 2:03:03 PM
  - Sure they have. There just weren't information channels to catch them at it before. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2004 3:09:52 AM
- Not the first victory, but the first one noticed by the Old Media. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 11:45:30 PM

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