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Bloggers on the Bus by Eric Boehlert is an insider’s look at how blogging and instant access media is changing politics today…. More >>
Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press
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Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press
On January - 20 - 2010
5 Responses
I have sent an email both to the author and to Simon and Schuster (online customer complaint form at: simonandschuster.net) protesting the outrageous pricing for this book. There is no defensible reason why an electronic, downloadable version of this book needs to cost nearly 15 dollars. I have tagged the book with the “999 boycott” tag and urge anyone who is tempted to purchase this book for the Kindle to do the same.
Rating: 1 / 5
Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 1:41 am
I mean that both in the sense of its tone, which has a hurried, tossed-off feel and in the lack of a larger perspective which only distance can provide.
As I write this review we’re learning still new revelations about the Nixon White House, and he left office over 35 years ago. This book ends on election night 2008. So it can only be a part of the conversation about the roles which bloggers and such played in that most recent campaign.
It is also depressingly poorly sourced in many places. The author warns against the folly of taking the comments posted at a blog as indicative of that blogger, or bloggers in general. But it seems to me that he does just that.
Rating: 3 / 5
Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 1:42 am
I don’t spend hours each day perusing blogs, so before reading Bloggers on the Bus, I didn’t have a real good handle on what bloggers do to influence politics, besides just spewing out copious opinions. This book helped me understand the political bloggers–what motivates them and what they do. And it was an easy read, not a dense political tomb.
Rating: 4 / 5
Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 3:15 am
I congratulate Eric Boehlert on the release of this book and must let everyone know that it’s an excellent read. I’m about half way through it and have to say it’s quite a compelling look inside the netroots revolution. If you enjoyed Boehlert’s last book, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush, you’ll love his latest.
http://mediamatters.org/getonthebus
Rating: 5 / 5
Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 6:06 am
I’ve been reading the blogs for about ten years now. Have been reading some of them like Glenn Greewald since almost the beginning. This book has a lot of satisfying”inside baseball.” For an avid blog reader it’s a must. Boehlert provided lots of background on bloggers I take for granted. Good info on all my favorites. I think it would also be interesting for a non (political) blog reader. Boehlert is an engaging writer who tells the story of how progressive/liberal/left wing blogs came to prominence to rival right wing talk radio and significantly affected the 2004 and 2008 elections. There are many interesting stories in the book. One of the most interesting tells how local bloggers vetted Sarah Palin for the rest of the country. Highly recommend.
Rating: 4 / 5
Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 7:46 am