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Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press By Eric Boehlert Free Press; 280 pages...
...town voters clinging to guns and religion--would have gone unnoticed if not for the sharp ears and ready laptop of blogger Mayhill Fowler. Her scoop blindsided professional reporters and roiled the primary race--one of many instances in which Internet muckrakers made a difference in the campaign, argues Eric Boehlert. The former Salon and Rolling Stone writer calls this liberal "netroots" movement the strongest political force since the Christian right--one that, oddly, draws scant attention from the mainstream press. Boehlert finds engaging stories among his eccentric band of activists, including the paralegal who scored a personal call from...
...people, according to Swope, art collection is not her passion. “I don’t think she’s mainly a collector. I think she’s a communicator, a thinker, and a writer,” she said. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu