Brownstein/LAT: Net-Savvy Democrats Aim to Pack a Digital Punch

A gathering of online liberals indicates they're evolving into a force within the party.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kos11jun11,0,6134242.story?coll=la-home-nation

The extensive coverage is good, but Brownstein can barely contain his distaste in the end.

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The conference demonstrated some of that fervor, with one person asking Boxer why Democrats had not talked more often about impeaching Bush, and audiences often hissing at the names of reporters considered too sympathetic to the administration, such as Bob Woodward of the Washington Post or Judith Miller, formerly of the New York Times.

Yet the overall tone of the weekend was less strident, more relaxed and more selfdeprecating than that of the website — or, indeed, of most political gatherings.

After hissing at the mention of favorite targets like Woodward or Miller, members of the audience often broke into laughter, as if aware of the way they themselves were fulfilling a stereotype.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kos11jun11,0,6134242.story?coll=la-home-nation

Which stereotype would that be, Ron? The RW/media built one that frames passionate progressives as "the looney left"? Or the one that overlooks the fact that only a paltry FIFTEEN percent of Americans place a great deal of trust in the news media?

Miller? Woodward? Booooooo! HISSsssss!
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might be feeling a little threatened.
The gravy train of pay to play and being coddled by the criminal insiders to get, if not favorable press coverage, at least a total absense of attack dogs.

No surprise that he would mis-characterize, spin and whine.