The Obama campaign was lauded by pundits across the globe for its progressive, forward looking engagement with online activism. Obama had a team of volunteers whose job it was to trawl the Internet to spread his message, correct lies and challenge Republicans. During the 2008 campaign, newspapers like The Age lauded Obama and online activism. [...]
Does the blogosphere have “delusions of grandeur”?
Don Arthur over at Club Troppo reckons the “blogosphere” has delusions of grandeur. His thesis seems to boil down to: most major investigative stories are broken by professional journalists, not bloggers. Most of the commentary by bloggers (even the good stuff) is derivative, either of someone else’s work or as analysis of figures produced by [...]