Andrew Sullivan and Free Republic are featured blogs

[CottonBear]

on the C-Span website. Look at the botton right side of the screen. <http://www.c-span.org/> Of course, DU is not listed.

[Democracy Died]

1. FreeRepublic is no blog

I'm sure the intelligence of Americans who watch C-Span would be insulted on this useless garbage.

Start calling in C-Span and push DU.

[CottonBear]

4. Exactly. FR is NOT a blog.

They could have a separate political forums/discussion board list, I suppose. How about mentioning that the swift boat guys run FR.

[jackster]

2. Are there more

conservative/repubs listed than liberal/dem ones?

[CottonBear]

3. They list FR and Sullivan first on the home page.

There are many links listed on the "Blogs" page. The point is that FR is NOT a blog. We need to e-mail C-Span. This is muddying the waters regarding the discussion of bloggers as journalists. FR is not a blog and is not journalism.

[underpants]

5. Well neither is DU, right?

I'm just saying.

I really can not for the life of me figure out how Free Republic gets all this attention. They had a rally on C-Span before the war (hilarious actually), they have sitting governors at their ball, and now they are linked on C-Span. They must have some REAL backers. How high does that go?

[CottonBear]

6. Both are partisan discussion boards / forums.

FR has been mentioned on NPR multiple times this month. That Swift Boat guy (Corsi?) is promoting them with the help of Rove no doubt.

[underpants]

8. They say any publicity is good publicity

and that is for the most part true. I think it is here too. It can only help us if people go to the Freep and read what is said there. I know I know the DU has its share too but for the most part I have no problem with what I read here, I might not agree but charges have to be backed up and links have to be provided and people ARE quesitioned here (the worst IMHO are the Dem in fighting threads).

[ynksnewyork2]

9. "Any publicity is good Publicity"

That's not what Michael jackson is saying!!

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Here's the list

INDIVIDUAL/GROUP BLOGS:
American Patrol
Andrew Sullivan
Blogs for Bush
Buzzmachine.com
Common Cause
Daily KOS
Brad DeLong's Website Daniel W. Dezner
Free Republic
David Frum's Diary
Gawker
Informed Comment
Instapundit
James Wolcott
Left2Right
Marc Cooper
MyDD
New Donkey
Pop & Politics
Public Agenda Blog
Samizdata.net
Talking Points Memo
The Angry Arab News Service
The Black Republican
The Chicago Boyz
The Washington Note by Steven C. Clemons
The Wonkette
Vegan Blog: The (Eco)Logical Weblog
Virginia Postrel

ARTICLES ON BLOGS:
Editor & Publisher, Newspaper 2.0: The Blog Revolution
The Cyber Journalist.net

BLOG AWARDS:
4th Annual Weblog Awards
Right Wing News: First Annual Warblogger Awards
Washington Post's 2004 Best Blogs - Politics & Elections Readers' Choice Awards

BLOG DIRECTORIES:
All Weblogger Meetup Groups
Blogarama: The Blog Directory - Politics/Government
Blogdex
BlogLines
Blog Search Engine: Political Blogs
The Internet Public Library
MovingIdeas: The Electronic Policy Network
Yahoo: Weblogs

BLOG START-UPS:
BlogSpot: Hosted by The Blogger,
how to get started
COURTS BLOGS:
SCOTUSblog
How Appealing

IRAQ BLOGS:
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq
Iraq The Model: lists of related Iraq blogs
Mahmood's Den
Iraqi Bloggers Central

NEWS BLOGS:
The Guardian Unlimited
Reason Magazine Online
Wall Street Journal: James Taranto, Opinion Journal
Tapped (American Prospect)
The Corner (National Review Online)

SURVEYS:
PEW Internet & American Life Project: The State of Blogging

VIDEO BLOGS:
Demand Media
Eric Rice.com
Steve Garfield's Video Blog
Vlog.com
Washington Post on Vlogs