The various blogs, websites, and radio shows supportive of the President and his Administration's agenda have given George W. Bush an edge against a frequently hostile mainstream media. Does alternative media signal a need for greater perceived objectivity by the mainstream media? How powerful will blogging become? Tell us more at InstaPundit and Likewise, Republican strategist Karl Rove hailed the power of that alternative media, citing the fake documents trumpeted by ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather about Bush's Texas National Guard service in what became known as Memogate: "The whole incident in the fall of 2004 showed really the power of the 'blogosphere'," he said in his West Wing office. "Because in essence you had now, an army of self-appointed experts looking over the shoulder of the mainstream media and bringing to bear enormously sophisticated skills," he added. Still, Rove cautioned that the Internet's political potential has a darker side. "There is so much ugliness and viciousness and fundamental untruths that the blogosphere transmits," he lamented. "It also is a vehicle for ugly rumors, for scurrilous personal attacks, an avenue for the creation of urban legends which are deeply corrosive of the political system and of people's faith in it." document.write("Email murdok here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.
President Bush Hails Alternative Media
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