I found a few political blogs on some websites including Politico and Daily Kos. I don't really read blogs or political news so this was a new experience. Daily Kos had an interesting blog called "Texas Really Hates Mitt Romney." The title sums up what it is about, as does the unflattering picture of Mitt Romney. According to the blog, Rick Santorum has gone from 1% to 45% while Mitt Romney remains at 16%. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/20/1066686/-Texas-really-hates-Romney?via=blog_1. It is a short blog, as most of the ones I read were.
Political blogs appeal to emotion and not logic. They provoke feelings in people because they know that people are not often swayed from their political beliefs. The blogs reinforce their preconceived notions.
Hi Daniel
ReplyDeleteInteresting observations about blogs.
I read many sources like Huffington Post, AlterNet.org, CommonDreams, Media Matters and also ThinkProgress! I read http://www.alternet.org/ since it has the most interesting comments, well, to my mind.
I was surprised that no one in your group looked or criticized conservative bloggers though. Did you find any out there?
I guess I just looked at the ones I've heard of before. I think that conservative blogs would annoy me, so I must have subconsciously avoided those.
ReplyDeleteDaniel ~
ReplyDeleteFor the review, you need to pick one specific site and delve into that -- conservative or liberal.
~ Cathy