Liberals Bloggers Use Technology for Tom DeLay Scandal Scoop

Tomorrow, yours truly will be part of this gang of liberal bloggers discussed here.....from the New York Times today: "Liberal Bloggers Reaching Out to Major Media" By Jonathan Glader.

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Even as online pundits criticize traditional news organizations as slow, biased and technologically challenged, a group of bloggers is trying to use old-fashioned telephone conference calls to share their ideas with newspaper and television journalists.

The bloggers, who describe themselves as liberal or progressive, say the conference calls are intended to counter what they regard as the much stronger influence of conservative pundits online. Bob Fertik, president of Democrats.com, the host of the two calls so far, views them as a step toward getting their reports out to mainstream news organizations.

While there is no way to know precisely who dialed in, reporters from news organizations including CBS, The Washington Post, Newsweek, MSNBC and The National Journal asked for a call-in number, according to one participant.

"We hope to build a bridge," Mr. Fertik said, adding that different bloggers would be invited to share their reporting on each call. "We hope that good credible stories that are broken on the Internet find their way into coverage in the mainstream media."

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The technology isn't new. About.com uses it for periodic simultaneous meetings with its 500 worldwide guides. But it's an exciting step forward in liberal bloggers being right on top of the most current, cutting edge news. Or even being at the forefront of news.

We have an extraordinary opportunity to conduct a press-conference style interview with a major player in the brewing Tom DeLay scandals. I can't tell you anymore right now.

Check here tomorrow...I'll let you know how it went! And I just may have a scoop for you.