Progressive Coalition Targets Fox Advertisers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2007 A group of progressive organizations and blogs is planning to hit Fox News where it hurts: the bank account. MoveOn.org, Brave New Films, DailyKos and others are working to compile a list of local advertisers as part of a larger pressure campaign. Fox News may have brought this on itself by successfully pressuring JetBlue to pull out as a major sponsor of the YearlyKos convention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Attacks Bloggers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2007 Fox News is out to smear the blogosphere with a slew of unsavory tactics, such as comparing liberal bloggers to the Klan and Nazi Germany. It has already met with some success, prompting JetBlue to pull its sponsorship from the YearlyKos convention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch’s Minions Smear Bloggers

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 26, 2007 Right-wing ideologues Bill O'Reilly and William Kristol are on a campaign to marginalize the "netroots," but on issues such as the war, Rupert Murdoch's pet pundits are the ones barking from the fringe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Daily Kos: Why Lieberman Website Crashed

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2006 Aides to Sen. Joe Lieberman accused Ned Lamont's campaign Tuesday morning -- with no evidence -- of attacking and bringing down Lieberman's website. But Markos (of Daily Kos) seems to have found the real culprit: Lieberman's $15-a-month web hosting company went down, along with all its clients. (Thanks to reader "publius" for the link.) Check out Lieberman's unfounded accusations What an oddly petty conclusion to a race that has hinged on the most consequential of all topics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Daily Kos: Lieberman Campaign Comes Unhinged Over Ad

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2006 Markos gets a huge laugh out of Sen. Lieberman's response to challenger Ned Lamont's latest campaign ad. (The ad Kos links to -- which The Hotline called potentially "legendary" -- is a must-see.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blogs and the Left: An Emerging Symbiosis

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 Veteran N.Y. Times political reporter Adam Nagourney, reporting from the blog conference in Las Vegas, writes that "the blogosphere has become for the left what talk radio has been for the right: a way of organizing and communicating to supporters." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Media Descends on YearlyKos

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 The DailyKos-hosted annual blogger conference, taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, is attracting a gaggle of traditional-media reporters--not to mention politicians, fundraisers and political operatives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

DailyKos Blogger Finds His Voice and Fends off Success

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2006 The San Francisco Chronicle profiles the man behind DailyKos, the Internet's most popular liberal blog. He says the blog has earned him $80,000 a year--plus a book contract. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloggers at the Gates

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 The New York Times' editorial page gives a big plug to "Crashing the Gates," the book on Internet-based political action, co-authored by the editor of the hugely popular blog DailyKos. The Times calls the book's criticism of clueless media consultants and self-defeating groups like NARAL "dead-on." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )