Another twist on the mainstreaming question: blog purists aren't happy with how "warblogging" is taking over. Ever since September 11, right-wing bloggers have been filling the Web with war propaganda and steady news about the so-called war on terror. Andrew Sullivan is a classic example (though most warbloggers have much, much less reach than he does)--more about Sullivan and the politics of blogging later on, but for now, here's an article on warblogging and mainstreaming from the NY Times a couple months ago, posted at my file site:
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