Texas Monthly recently did an interview with ex-Bushie Dan Bartlett. The conversation went back and forth between mundane and important issues for the most part. Katrina made his hair turn gray, but no mention of the suffering on the ground caused by the government's inaction. The West Wing isn't like "The West Wing," what a shock! The candor came when the subject of blogs came up, at first Bartlett expresses confusion as to if they are real journalists. Then he points out what he uses those that are sympathetic to Bush are for.
From The Texas Monthly:
What about the blogs?[...]
I mean, talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It’s a very efficient way to communicate. They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is something that we’ve cultivated and have really tried to put quite a bit of focus on.
Bartlett was talking about bloggers that reach a large amount of conservatives, like Hugh Hewitt or some other like-minded turd. Of course, as Dan points out, they aren't real journalists. People who regurgitate information aren't journalists....um, well....at least they aren't good journalists that know how to do their jobs...ahem, Deborah Howell *cough*cough*.
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