Tonight on Pundit Review Radio we will take a look at the big stories of 2005 and highlight the impact of the new media.
Winter of 2005
We will take a look at the role of the new media in the Social Security debate.
Spring 2005
We had the Newsweek/Koran controversy. The heat that was placed on Newsweek by the New Media led to their eventually moving off their denial to a full apology.
This story impacted us directly, with WRKO deciding to fire Newsweek International’s radio program on Sunday evenings and replace them with a show by and about bloggers. What a delicious irony. Thanks Newsweak!
Summer 2005
What a busy season for bloggers. They played a tremendous role in two tragedies, the London bombings and Hurricaine Katrina. In each case, new technology and citizen journalists were providing the quickest, freshest information, perspective, survival stories and photos.
This summer we also had the Dick Durbin trilogy where he compared US troops behavior to that of the Nazi’s, Soviets and Pol Pot. The new media (blogs, talk radio, cable news) gave life to the story, moving Durbin from unapologetic to silent to tears on the floor of the Senate. We are looking forward to the Oscars this Spring to see how he does.
Fall 05
The big blog story of the fall was the Harriet Miers nomination for SCOTUS and the firestorm it caused among conservatives. While liberals accused the “right wing” of killing the nomination, the fact is there was a vigorous debate about her background and qualifications among conservatives. It was great for the party and something that does not happen on the other side of the aisle.
In the wake of Katrina, we saw the rise of Porkbusters, a grass roots initiative led by blogers like NZ Bear, Instapundit and Mark Tapscott (all former guests on Pundit Review Radio) designed to get politicians to give up pprk projects to help mpay for Katrina relief. The campaign picked up speed all fall. Click here to see which politicians joined and which said no.
In December, VP Cheney passed the tie-breaking vote on $50 billion in budget cuts. Without qiestion, Porkbusters played some role in this.
Winter 05
Right now law blogs are providing tomorrowâ??s news today on the upcoming Alito hearings. Subject matter experts, constitutional law profs, practitioners, partners at major firms, are providing their insight and analysis for anyone who wants to read it. When you do, you understand Alitoâ??s rulings and his judgment, and you have heard the background/context against the attacks will come. Every argument against Alito has already been hashed out on law blogs. What a fabulous resource for political junkies who are interested in such things.
Finally, we have two special awards to give out tonight
1. A SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AGENDA DRIVEN JOURNALISM TO
THE NY TIMES
2. A SPECIAL AWARD TO MILBLOGGERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION OF BALANCED REPORTING ON THE WAR IN IRAQ, WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION THE INCOMPARABLE MICHAEL YON.
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